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11 He and his people with him,
the most terrifying of the nations,[a]
will be brought there to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt,
and fill the land with corpses.
12 I will dry up the waterways
and hand the land over to[b] evil men.
I will make the land and everything in it desolate by the hand of foreigners.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
13 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

I will destroy the idols,
and put an end to the gods of Memphis.
There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
so I will make the land of Egypt fearful.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 30:11 tn The Babylonians were known for their cruelty (2 Kgs 25:7).
  2. Ezekiel 30:12 tn Heb “and I will sell the land into the hand of.”
  3. Ezekiel 30:13 tn Heb “I will put fear in the land of Egypt.”