30:1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
30:2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord ①GOD says:
“Wail, ‘Woe for the day!’
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch
30:3 For the day is near,
Indeed, the day of the LORD is near;
It will be a day of clouds,
A time of doom for the nations.
30:4 A sword will come upon Egypt,
And there will be trembling in ①Cush;
When the slain fall in Egypt,
They will take away her ②wealth,
And her foundations will be torn down.
▷ ①Or Ethiopia ②Or multitude
30:5 ①Cush, Put, Lud, all ②Arabia, ③Libya and the ④people of the land ⑤that is in league will fall with them by the sword.”
▷ ①Or Ethiopia ②Or the mixed people ③Or Cub ④Lit sons ⑤Lit of the covenant
30:6 ‘This is what the LORD says:
“Indeed, those who support Egypt 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.
30:7 “They will be desolate
In the midst of the desolated lands;
And her cities will be
In the midst of the devastated cities.
30:8 And they will know that I am the LORD,
When I set a fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are broken.
30:9 On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten carefree ①Cush; and trembling will come on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”
▷ ①Or Ethiopia
30:10 ‘This is what the Lord GOD says:
“I will also make the ①hordes of Egypt cease
By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
▷ ①Or people; lit crowd, and so throughout the ch
30:11 He and his people with him,
The 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.
30:12 Moreover, I will make the Nile canals dry
And sell 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.”
▷ ①Lit her fullness
30:13 ‘This is what the Lord GOD says:
“I will also destroy the idols
And make the ①images cease from ②Memphis.
And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt;
And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
▷ ①Or futile ones ②Or Noph
30:14 I will make Pathros desolate,
Set a fire in Zoan
And execute judgments on ①Thebes.
▷ ①Or No
30:15 I will pour out My wrath on ①Sin,
The stronghold of Egypt;
I will also eliminate the hordes of ②Thebes.
▷ ①Or Pelusium ②Or No
30:16 I will set a fire in Egypt;
①Sin will writhe in anguish,
②Thebes will be breached
And ③Memphis will have ④distresses daily.
▷ ①Or Pelusium ②Or No ③Or Noph ④Or adversaries
30:17 The young men of ①On and of Pi-beseth
Will fall by the sword,
And ②the women will go into captivity.
▷ ①Or Aven ②Lit they
30:18 In Tehaphnehes the day will ①be dark
When I break 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.
▷ ①As in many mss and ancient versions; MT restrain
30:19 So I will execute judgments on Egypt,
And they will know that I am the LORD.” ’ ”
30:20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
30:21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up ①for healing ②or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may be strong to wield the sword.
▷ ①Lit to give healing ②Lit to wrap it
30:22 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, both the strong and the broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.
30:23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.
30:24 For I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groans of a wounded man.
30:25 So I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fail. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he reaches out with it against the land of Egypt.
30:26 When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the LORD.’ ”