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12 I’ll dry up their waterways,
    and evil men will sell off the land.
I’m going to make that land desolate,
    along with everything that’s in it,
and I’m going to use foreigners to do it.
    I, the Lord have spoken!’”

Destruction of Egypt’s Gods

13 “This is what the Lord God says:

‘I will destroy the idols
    and put an end to the images that come from Memphis.
There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt,
    and I will terrify the land of Egypt.
14 I’m going to turn Pathros into a desolation,
    set fire to Zoan,[a]
        and judge Thebes.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 30:14 I.e. the residence city of Egypt’s Pharaoh at the time of the exodus (c. 1440 BCE)
  2. Ezekiel 30:14 Lit. No; i.e. the ancient capital of Egypt