Ezekiel, 30

1. The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,

1. The word of the LORD came to me:

2. 'Son of man, prophesy and say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Howl: Disaster day!

2. "Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Wail, `Alas for the day!'

3. For the day is near, the day of Yahweh is near; it will be a day dark with cloud, a time of doom for the nations.

3. For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

4. "The sword will come on Egypt, and anguish on the country of Cush when the slaughtered fall in Egypt, when her riches are carried away and her foundations are destroyed.

4. A sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt, and her wealth is carried away, and her foundations are torn down.

5. Cush, Put and Lud, all Arabia, Cub and the children of the country of the covenant will fall by the sword with them.

5. Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya, and the people of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

6. "Yahweh says this: "The supports of Egypt will fall; the pride of her strength will crumble; they will fall by the sword from Migdol to Syene -- declares the Lord Yahweh.

6. "Thus says the LORD: Those who support Egypt shall fall, and her proud might shall come down; from Migdol to Syene they shall fall within her by the sword, says the Lord GOD.

7. "They will be the most desolate of desolate countries, and its cities the most ruined of cities.

7. And she shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries and her cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.

8. And they will know that I am Yahweh when I set fire to Egypt and all its supports are shattered.

8. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken.

9. "That day, I shall send messengers by ship to terrify the carefree Cushites, and anguish will overtake them on the day of Egypt -- it is coming now!

9. "On that day swift messengers shall go forth from me to terrify the unsuspecting Ethiopians; and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom; for, lo, it comes!

10. The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall destroy the huge population of Egypt at the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

10. "Thus says the Lord GOD: I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt, by the hand of Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon.

11. He and his people, the most barbarous of nations, will be brought to ravage the country. They will draw the sword against Egypt and fill the country with corpses.

11. He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

12. I shall dry up the courses of the Nile and sell the country to the wicked. I shall lay the whole country waste and everything in it, at the hand of foreigners. I, Yahweh, have spoken.

12. And I will dry up the Nile, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men; I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it, by the hand of foreigners; I, the LORD, have spoken.

13. "The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall destroy the foul idols and take the false gods away from Noph. Egypt will be left without a ruler. I shall spread fear through Egypt.

13. "Thus says the Lord GOD: I will destroy the idols, and put an end to the images, in Memphis; there shall no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt; so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

14. I shall lay Pathros waste, set Zoan on fire, inflict my punishments on No.

14. I will make Pathros a desolation, and will set fire to Zo'an, and will execute acts of judgment upon Thebes.

15. I shall vent my fury on Sin, the bastion of Egypt; I shall wipe out the throngs of No.

15. And I will pour my wrath upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the multitude of Thebes.

16. I shall set fire to Egypt; Sin will be seized with convulsions; a breach will be opened at No and the waters flood out.

16. And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and its walls broken down.

17. The young men of On and Pi-Beseth will fall by the sword and the cities themselves go into captivity.

17. The young men of On and of Pibe'seth shall fall by the sword; and the women shall go into captivity.

18. At Tahpanhes day will turn to darkness when I shatter the sceptres of Egypt there, when the pride of her strength ceases. A cloud will cover Egypt itself, and its daughters will go into captivity.

18. At Tehaph'nehes the day shall be dark, when I break there the dominion of Egypt, and her proud might shall come to an end; she shall be covered by a cloud, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

19. Such will be the punishments I inflict on Egypt. And they will know that I am Yahweh." '

19. Thus I will execute acts of judgment upon Egypt. Then they will know that I am the LORD."

20. In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,

20. In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

21. 'Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; you can see that no one has dressed his wound by applying remedies to it, by bandaging it and by dressing it, to make it strong enough to wield the sword.

21. "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and lo, it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.

22. This being so, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Look, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt; I shall break his arms, the sound one and the broken one, and make the sword drop from his hand.

22. Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.

23. I shall scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse it among the countries.

23. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the lands.

24. I shall strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand. I shall break Pharaoh's arms and, confronted with his enemy, he will groan like a dying man.

24. And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand; but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him like a man mortally wounded.

25. I shall strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh will fall. And they will know that I am Yahweh, when I put my sword into the hands of the king of Babylon and he wields it against Egypt.

25. I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall; and they shall know that I am the LORD. When I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, he shall stretch it out against the land of Egypt;

26. I shall scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse it among the countries; and they will know that I am Yahweh." '

26. and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD."