Ezekiel 30 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Lament over Egypt

Eze 30:1The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,

Eze 30:2Son of man, be a prophet, and say, These are the words of the Lord: Give a cry, Aha, for the day!

Eze 30:3For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near, a day of cloud; it will be the time of the nations.

Eze 30:4And a sword will come on Egypt, and cruel pain will be in Ethiopia, when they are falling by the sword in Egypt; and they will take away her wealth and her bases will be broken down.

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Eze 30:5Ethiopia and Put and Lud and all the mixed people and Libya and the children of the land of the Cherethites will all be put to death with them by the sword.

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Eze 30:6This is what the Lord has said: The supporters of Egypt will have a fall, and the pride of her power will come down: from Migdol to Syene they will be put to the sword in it, says the Lord.

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Eze 30:7And she will be made waste among the countries which have been made waste, and her towns will be among the towns which are unpeopled.

Eze 30:8

Eze 30:8And they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have put a fire in Egypt and all her helpers are broken.

Eze 30:9

Eze 30:9In that day men will go out quickly to take the news, causing fear in untroubled Ethiopia; and bitter pain will come on them as in the day of Egypt; for see, it is coming.

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Eze 30:10This is what the Lord has said: I will put an end to great numbers of the people of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.

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Eze 30:11He and the people with him, causing fear among the nations, will be sent for the destruction of the land; their swords will be let loose against Egypt and the land will be full of dead.

Eze 30:12

Eze 30:12And I will make the Nile streams dry, and will give the land into the hands of evil men, causing the land and everything in it to be wasted by the hands of men from a strange country: I the Lord have said it.

Eze 30:13

Eze 30:13This is what the Lord has said: In addition to this, I will give up the images to destruction and put an end to the false gods in Noph; never again will there be a ruler in the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

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Eze 30:14And I will make Pathros a waste, and put a fire in Zoan, and send my punishments on No.

Eze 30:15

Eze 30:15I will let loose my wrath on Sin, the strong place of Egypt, cutting off the mass of the people of No.

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Eze 30:16And I will put a fire in Egypt; Syene will be twisting in pain, and No will be broken into, as by the onrush of waters.

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Eze 30:17The young men of On and Pi-beseth will be put to the sword: and these towns will be taken away prisoners.

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Eze 30:18And at Tehaphnehes the day will become dark, when the yoke of Egypt is broken there, and the pride of her power comes to an end: as for her, she will be covered with a cloud, and her daughters will be taken away prisoners.

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Eze 30:19And I will send my punishments on Egypt: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

Victory for Babylon

Eze 30:20

Eze 30:20Now in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Eze 30:21

Eze 30:21Son of man, the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, has been broken by me, and no band has been put round it to make it well, no band has been twisted round it to make it strong for gripping the sword.

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Eze 30:22For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and by me his strong arm will be broken; and I will make the sword go out of his hand.

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Eze 30:23And I will send the Egyptians in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries.

Eze 30:24

Eze 30:24And I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong, and will put my sword in his hand: but Pharaoh's arms will be broken, and he will give cries of pain before him like the cries of a man wounded to death.

Eze 30:25

Eze 30:25And I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong, and the arms of Pharaoh will be hanging down; and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and it is stretched out against the land of Egypt.

Eze 30:26

Eze 30:26And I will send the Egyptians in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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Ezekiel 30 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Lament over Egypt

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