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12 and I will make the Nile streams dry land,
    and I will sell the land into the hand of bad people,
and I will lay waste the land and its fullness
    by the hand of strangers.

I, Yahweh, I have spoken.”

13 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“And I will destroy the idols,
    and I will put an end to the worthless idols from Memphis.
And there will no longer be[a] a prince from the land of Egypt,
    and I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14 And I will lay waste Pathros,
    and I will set fire in Zoan,
    and I will execute judgments in No.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 30:13 Literally “not be any longer”
  2. Ezekiel 30:14 That is, Thebes

12 I will dry up(A) the waters of the Nile(B)
    and sell the land to an evil nation;
by the hand of foreigners
    I will lay waste(C) the land and everything in it.

I the Lord have spoken.

13 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will destroy the idols(D)
    and put an end to the images in Memphis.(E)
No longer will there be a prince in Egypt,(F)
    and I will spread fear throughout the land.
14 I will lay(G) waste Upper Egypt,
    set fire to Zoan(H)
    and inflict punishment on Thebes.(I)

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