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Ezekiel 30

Lament over Egypt

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The word of the LORD came again to me saying,

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"Son of man, prophesy and say, `Thus says the Lord  1GOD, " aWail, `Alas for the day!'

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"For the day is near, Even  athe day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of  bclouds, A time of doom for the nations.

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"A sword will come upon Egypt, And anguish will be in  1Ethiopia; When the slain fall in Egypt, They  atake away her  2wealth, And her foundations are torn down.

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

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`Thus says the LORD, "Indeed, those who support  aEgypt will fall And the pride of her power will come down; From Migdol to Syene They will fall within her by the sword," Declares the Lord GOD.

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"They will be desolate In the  amidst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities.

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"And they will  aknow that I am the LORD, When I set a  bfire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken.

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"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 comes!"

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`Thus says the Lord GOD, " aI will also make the  1hordes of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

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"He and his people with him,  aThe most ruthless of the nations, Will be brought in to destroy the land; And they will draw their swords against Egypt And fill the land with the slain.

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"Moreover, I will make the  aNile canals dry And  bsell the land into the hands of evil men. And I will make the land desolate And  1all that is in it, By the hand of strangers; I the LORD have spoken."

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`Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will also  adestroy the idols And 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.

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"I will make  aPathros desolate, Set a fire in  bZoan And execute judgments on  1 cThebes.

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"I will pour out My wrath on  1Sin, The stronghold of Egypt; I will also cut off the hordes of  2Thebes.

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"I will set a fire in Egypt;  1Sin will writhe in anguish,  2Thebes will be breached And  3Memphis will have  4distresses daily.

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"The young men of  1 aOn and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And  2the women will go into captivity.

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"In  aTehaphnehes the day will  1be  bdark When I  cbreak there the yoke bars of Egypt. Then the pride of her power will cease in her; A cloud will cover her, And her daughters will go into captivity.

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"Thus I will  aexecute judgments on Egypt, And they will know that I am the LORD.""'

Victory for Babylon

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In the  aeleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,

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"Son of man, I have  abroken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been  bbound up  1for healing  2or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to hold the sword.

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"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, `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.

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`I will  ascatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.

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`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.

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`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 the LORD, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he  astretches it out against the land of Egypt.

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`When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the LORD.' "



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