30:1 The word of the LORD came to me:
30:1 The word of the LORD came to me:
30:2 "Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Wail, `Alas for the day!'
30:2 Mortal, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Wail, "Alas for the day!"
30:3 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.
30:3 For a day is near, 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 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.
30:4 A sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt, and its wealth is carried away, and its foundations are torn down.
30:5 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.
30:5 Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya, and the people of the allied land shall fall with them by the sword.
30:6 "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.
30:6 Thus says the LORD: Those who support Egypt shall fall, and its proud might shall come down; from Migdol to Syene they shall fall within it by the sword, says the Lord GOD.
30:7 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.
30:7 They shall be desolated among other desolated countries, and their cities shall lie among cities laid waste.
30:8 Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken.
30:8 Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all who help it are broken.
30:9 "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!
30:9 On that day, messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting Ethiopians; and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom; for it is coming!
30:10 "Thus says the Lord GOD: I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt, by the hand of Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon.
30:10 Thus says the Lord GOD: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt, by the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon.
30:11 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.
30:11 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.
30:12 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.
30:12 I will dry up the channels, and will sell the land into the hand of evildoers; I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it by the hand of foreigners; I the LORD have spoken.
30:13 "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.
30:13 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.
30:14 I will make Pathros a desolation, and will set fire to Zo'an, and will execute acts of judgment upon Thebes.
30:14 I will make Pathros a desolation, and will set fire to Zoan, and will execute acts of judgment on Thebes.
30:15 And I will pour my wrath upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the multitude of Thebes.
30:15 I will pour my wrath upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the hordes of Thebes.
30:16 And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and its walls broken down.
30:16 I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and Memphis face adversaries by day.
30:17 The young men of On and of Pibe'seth shall fall by the sword; and the women shall go into captivity.
30:17 The young men of On and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword; and the cities themselves shall go into captivity.
30:18 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.
30:18 At Tehaphnehes the day shall be dark, when I break there the dominion of Egypt, and its proud might shall come to an end; the city shall be covered by a cloud, and its daughter-towns shall go into captivity.
30:19 Thus I will execute acts of judgment upon Egypt. Then they will know that I am the LORD."
30:19 Thus I will execute acts of judgment on Egypt. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.
30:20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
30:20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
30:21 "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.
30:21 Mortal, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; it has not been bound up for healing or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.
30:22 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.
30:22 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 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.
30:23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the lands.
30:23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the lands.
30:24 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.
30:24 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 with the groans of one mortally wounded.
30:25 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;
30:25 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,
30:26 and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD."
30:26 and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.
30:1 The word of the LORD came to me:
30:2 "Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Wail, `Alas for the day!'
30:2 Mortal, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Wail, "Alas for the day!"
30:3 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.
30:3 For a day is near, 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 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.
30:4 A sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt, and its wealth is carried away, and its foundations are torn down.
30:5 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.
30:5 Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya, and the people of the allied land shall fall with them by the sword.
30:6 "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.
30:6 Thus says the LORD: Those who support Egypt shall fall, and its proud might shall come down; from Migdol to Syene they shall fall within it by the sword, says the Lord GOD.
30:7 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.
30:7 They shall be desolated among other desolated countries, and their cities shall lie among cities laid waste.
30:8 Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken.
30:8 Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all who help it are broken.
30:9 "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!
30:9 On that day, messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting Ethiopians; and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom; for it is coming!
30:10 "Thus says the Lord GOD: I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt, by the hand of Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon.
30:10 Thus says the Lord GOD: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt, by the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon.
30:11 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.
30:11 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.
30:12 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.
30:12 I will dry up the channels, and will sell the land into the hand of evildoers; I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it by the hand of foreigners; I the LORD have spoken.
30:13 "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.
30:13 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.
30:14 I will make Pathros a desolation, and will set fire to Zo'an, and will execute acts of judgment upon Thebes.
30:14 I will make Pathros a desolation, and will set fire to Zoan, and will execute acts of judgment on Thebes.
30:15 And I will pour my wrath upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the multitude of Thebes.
30:15 I will pour my wrath upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the hordes of Thebes.
30:16 And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and its walls broken down.
30:16 I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and Memphis face adversaries by day.
30:17 The young men of On and of Pibe'seth shall fall by the sword; and the women shall go into captivity.
30:17 The young men of On and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword; and the cities themselves shall go into captivity.
30:18 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.
30:18 At Tehaphnehes the day shall be dark, when I break there the dominion of Egypt, and its proud might shall come to an end; the city shall be covered by a cloud, and its daughter-towns shall go into captivity.
30:19 Thus I will execute acts of judgment upon Egypt. Then they will know that I am the LORD."
30:19 Thus I will execute acts of judgment on Egypt. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.
30:20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
30:20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
30:21 "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.
30:21 Mortal, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; it has not been bound up for healing or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.
30:22 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.
30:22 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 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.
30:23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the lands.
30:23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the lands.
30:24 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.
30:24 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 with the groans of one mortally wounded.
30:25 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;
30:25 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,
30:26 and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD."
30:26 and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.