Ezekiel 29 - 30 — Legacy Standard Bible

Prophesy Against Egypt

29In the ^atenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me saying, ²“Son of man, set your face against ^aPharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all ^bEgypt. ³“Speak and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,The great ¹^,^amonster that lies in the midst of his canals of the Nile,That ^bhas said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.’

⁴“I will put ^ahooks in your jawsAnd make the fish of your canals of the Nile cling to your scales.And I will bring you up out of the midst of your canals of the Nile,And all the fish of your canals of the Nile will cling to your scales.⁵“I will ^aabandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your canals of the Nile;You will fall on the ¹open field; you will not be brought together or ²^,^bgathered.I have given you for ^cfood to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky.⁶“Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am YahwehBecause they have been only a ^astaff made of reed to the house of Israel.⁷“When they seized you with the hand,You ^atore and split open all their ¹shoulders;And when they leaned on you,You broke and made all their loins ²quake.”

⁸‘Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will ^abring upon you a sword, and I will cut off from you man and beast. ⁹“The ^aland of Egypt will become a desolation and waste. Then they will know that I am Yahweh. Because ¹you ^bsaid, ‘The Nile is mine, and I have made it,’ ¹⁰therefore, behold, I am ^aagainst you and against your canals of the Nile, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and even to the border of ¹Ethiopia. ¹¹“A man’s foot will ^anot pass through it, and the foot of a beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years. ¹²“So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the ^amidst of desolated lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate forty years; and I will ^bscatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.”

¹³‘For thus says Lord Yahweh, “At the end of forty years I will ^agather the Egyptians from the peoples ¹among whom they were scattered. ¹⁴“I will return the fortunes of Egypt and make them return to the land of ^aPathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom. ¹⁵“It will be the ^alowest of the kingdoms, and it will never again lift itself up above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will not ^bhave dominion over the nations. ¹⁶“And it will never again be the ^asecurity of the house of Israel, ^bbringing to remembrance the iniquity of their having turned to go after Egypt. Then they will know that I am Lord Yahweh.”’”

¹⁷Now in the ^atwenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me saying, ¹⁸“Son of man, ^aNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his military force ¹labor hard against Tyre; every head was made ^bbald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his military force had no wages from Tyre for the ²labor that he had ³labored against it.” ¹⁹Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I ^awill give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her ¹^,^babundance and capture her spoil and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his military force. ²⁰“I have given him the land of Egypt for his work which he ¹^,^alabored because they acted for Me,” declares Lord Yahweh.

²¹“On that day I will make a ^ahorn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will ¹^,^bopen your mouth in their midst. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”

Those Who Support Egypt Will Fall

30The word of Yahweh came again to me saying, ²“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “^aWail, ‘Alas for the day!’

³“For the day is near,Even ^athe day of Yahweh is near;It will be a day of ^bclouds,A time of doom for the nations.⁴“A sword will come upon Egypt,And anguish will be in ¹Ethiopia;When the slain fall in Egypt,They ^atake away her multitude,And her foundations are pulled down.

⁵“¹Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all ²^,^aArabia, ³Libya, and the ⁴people of the land ⁵that is in covenant will fall with them by the sword.”

⁶‘Thus says Yahweh, “Indeed, those who support ^aEgypt will fall,And the pride of her strength will come down;From Migdol to SyeneThey will fall within her by the sword,”Declares Lord Yahweh.

⁷“They will be desolateIn the ^amidst of the desolated lands;And her cities will beIn the midst of the cities laid waste.⁸“And they will ^aknow that I am Yahweh,When I set a ^bfire in EgyptAnd all her helpers are broken.

⁹“On that day ^amessengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten ^bsecure ¹Ethiopia; and ^canguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”

¹⁰‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “^aI will also make the multitude of Egypt ceaseBy the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

¹¹“He and his people with him,^aThe most ruthless of the nations,Will be brought in to make the land a ruin;And they will draw their swords against EgyptAnd fill the land with the slain.¹²“Moreover, I will make the ^acanals of the Nile dryAnd ^bsell the land into the hands of evil men.And I will make the land desolate,As well as its fullness,By the hand of strangers; I, Yahweh, have spoken.”

¹³‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “I will also ^adestroy the idolsAnd make the ¹images cease from ²^,^bMemphis.And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt;And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

¹⁴“I will make ^aPathros desolate,Set a fire in ^bZoan,And execute judgments on ¹^,^cThebes.¹⁵“I will pour out My wrath on ¹Sin,The strong defense of Egypt;I will also cut off the multitude of ²Thebes.¹⁶“I will set a fire in Egypt;¹Sin will writhe in anguish;²Thebes will be breached,And ³Memphis will have ⁴distresses daily.¹⁷“The choice men of ¹^,^aOn and of Pi-besethWill fall by the sword,And ²the women will go into captivity.¹⁸“In ^aTehaphnehes the day will ¹be ^bdarkWhen I ^cbreak there the bars of the yoke of Egypt.Then the pride of her strength will cease in her;A cloud will cover her,And her daughters will go into captivity.¹⁹“Thus I will ^aexecute judgments on Egypt,And they will know that I am Yahweh.”’”

Yahweh Scatters the Egyptians

²⁰In the ^aeleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me saying, ²¹“Son of man, I have ^abroken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold, it has not been ^bbound up to be given healing ¹or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to seize the sword. ²²“Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am ^aagainst Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the ^bbroken; and I will make the sword ^cfall from his hand. ²³‘I will ^ascatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands. ²⁴‘For I will ^astrengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put ^bMy sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh so that he will groan before him with the groanings of a wounded man. ²⁵‘Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he ^astretches it out against the land of Egypt. ²⁶‘When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am Yahweh.’”