30 The
word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 2 Son
of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth
the day! 3 For
the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall
be the time of the heathen. 4 And
the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia,
when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude,
and her foundations shall be broken down. 5 Ethiopia,
and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men
of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. 6 Thus
saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride
of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall
in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. 7 And
they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate,
and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. 8 And
they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and
when all her helpers shall be destroyed. 9 In
that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless
Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day
of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. 10 Thus
saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by
the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. 11 He
and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought
to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and
fill the land with the slain. 12 And
I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked:
and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of
strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. 13 Thus
saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their
images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the
land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
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And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute
judgments in No. 15 And
I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off
the multitude of No. 16 And
I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent
asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. 17 The
young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities
shall go into captivity. 18 At
Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the
yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for
her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. 19 Thus
will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD. 20 And
it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh
day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21 Son
of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall
not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong
to hold the sword. 22 Therefore
thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and
will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause
the sword to fall out of his hand. 23 And
I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through
the countries. 24 And
I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his
hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with
the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25 But
I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh
shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put
my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out
upon the land of Egypt. 26 And
I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among
the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.