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Jeremiah 46:14
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14 “Declare in Egypt and proclaim in (A)Migdol,
Proclaim also in Memphis and (B)Tahpanhes;
Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself ready,
For the (C)sword has devoured those around you.’

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Jeremiah 46:14
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14 “Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;
    proclaim it also in Memphis(A) and Tahpanhes:(B)
‘Take your positions and get ready,
    for the sword devours(C) those around you.’

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Ezekiel 29-32
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Judgment of Egypt

29 In the (A)tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, set your face against (B)Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all (C)Egypt. 3 Speak and say, ‘This is what the Lord [a]God says:

“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
The great [b](D)monster that lies in the midst of his [c]canals,
That (E)has said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.’
4 I will put (F)hooks in your jaws
And make the fish of your [d]canals cling to your scales.
And I will bring you up out of the midst of your [e]canals,
And all the fish of your [f]canals will cling to your scales.
5 I will (G)abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your [g]canals;
You will fall on the [h]open field; you will not be brought together or [i](H)gathered.
I have given you for (I)food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the Lord,
Because they have been only a (J)staff made of reed to the house of Israel.
7 When they took hold of you with the hand,
You (K)broke and tore all their [j]hands;
And when they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their hips [k]shake.”

8 ‘Therefore the Lord God says this: “Behold, I am going to (L)bring upon you a sword, and I will cut off from you human and animal life. 9 The (M)land of Egypt will become a desolation and place of ruins. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“Because [l]you (N)said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I have made it,’ 10 therefore, behold, I am (O)against you and against your [m]canals, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and as far as the border of [n]Cush. 11 A human foot will (P)not pass through it, nor will the foot of an animal pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years. 12 So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the (Q)midst of deserted lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate for forty years; and I will (R)scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.”

13 ‘For this is what the Lord God says: “At the end of forty years I will (S)gather the Egyptians from the peoples [o]among whom they were scattered. 14 And I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of (T)Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom. 15 It will be the (U)lowest of the kingdoms, and it will not raise itself above the nations again. And I will make them small so that they will not (V)rule over the nations. 16 And it will no longer be a kingdom on which (W)the house of Israel relies, [p](X)bringing to mind the guilt of their having turned [q]to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.”’”

17 Now in the (Y)twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18 “Son of man, (Z)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor [r]hard against Tyre; every head [s]had a (AA)bald spot and every shoulder was rubbed raw. But he and his army acquired no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had [t]performed against it.” 19 Therefore this is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am going to (AB)give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her (AC)wealth and capture her spoils and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army. 20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor which he [u](AD)performed, because they acted for Me,” declares the Lord God.

21 “On that day I will make a (AE)horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will [v](AF)open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Grief over Egypt

30 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord [w]God says:

“(AG)Wail, ‘Woe for the day!’
3 For the day is near,
Indeed, (AH)the day of the Lord is near;
It will be a day of (AI)clouds,
A time of doom for the nations.
4 A sword will come upon Egypt,
And there will be trembling in [x]Cush;
When the slain fall in Egypt,
They will (AJ)take away her [y]wealth,
And her foundations will be torn down.

5 [z]Cush, Put, Lud, all [aa](AK)Arabia, [ab]Libya and the [ac]people of the land [ad]that is in league will fall with them by the sword.”

6 ‘This is what the Lord says:
“Indeed, those who support (AL)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.
7 “They will be desolate
In the (AM)midst of the desolated lands;
And her cities will be
In the midst of the devastated cities.
8 And they will (AN)know that I am the Lord,
When I set a (AO)fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are broken.

9 On that day (AP)messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten (AQ)carefree [ae]Cush; and (AR)trembling will come on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”

10 ‘This is what the Lord God says:

“(AS)I will also make the [af]hordes of Egypt cease
By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him,
(AT)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.
12 Moreover, I will make the (AU)Nile canals dry
And (AV)sell the land into the hands of evil men.
And I will make the land desolate
And [ag]all that is in it,
By the hand of strangers; I the Lord have spoken.”

13 ‘This is what the Lord God says:

“I will also (AW)destroy the idols
And make the [ah]images cease from [ai](AX)Memphis.
And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt;
And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14 I will make (AY)Pathros desolate,
Set a fire in (AZ)Zoan
And execute judgments on [aj](BA)Thebes.
15 I will pour out My wrath on [ak]Sin,
The stronghold of Egypt;
I will also eliminate the hordes of [al]Thebes.
16 I will set a fire in Egypt;
[am]Sin will writhe in anguish,
[an]Thebes will be breached
And [ao]Memphis will have [ap]distresses daily.
17 The young men of [aq](BB)On and of Pi-beseth
Will fall by the sword,
And [ar]the women will go into captivity.
18 In (BC)Tehaphnehes the day will [as]be (BD)dark
When I (BE)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.
19 So I will (BF)execute judgments on Egypt,
And they will know that I am the Lord.”’”

Victory for Babylon

20 In the (BG)eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 21 “Son of man, I have (BH)broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been (BI)bound up [at]for healing [au]or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may be strong to wield the sword. 22 Therefore this is what the Lord God says: ‘Behold, I am (BJ)against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, both the strong and the (BK)broken; and I will make the sword (BL)fall from his hand. 23 And I will (BM)scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands. 24 For I will (BN)strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put (BO)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. 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 (BP)reaches out with it against the land of Egypt. 26 When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

Pharaoh Warned of Assyria’s Fate

31 In the (BQ)eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his (BR)hordes,

‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
3 Behold, Assyria was a (BS)cedar in Lebanon
With beautiful branches and forest shade,
And [av](BT)very high,
And its top was among the [aw]clouds.
4 The (BU)waters made it grow, the [ax]deep made it high.
With its rivers it continually [ay]extended all around its planting place,
And sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.
5 Therefore (BV)its height was loftier than all the trees of the field
And its boughs became many and its branches long
Because of (BW)many waters [az]as it spread them out.
6 All the (BX)birds of the sky nested in its twigs,
And under its branches all the animals of the field gave birth,
And all great nations lived under its shade.
7 So it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches;
For its [ba]roots extended to many waters.
8 The (BY)cedars in (BZ)God’s garden [bb]could not match it;
The junipers [bc]could not compare with its branches,
And the plane trees [bd]could not match its branches.
No tree in (CA)God’s garden [be]could compare with it in its beauty.
9 I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches,
And all the trees of (CB)Eden, which were in the (CC)garden of God, were jealous of it.

10 ‘Therefore this is what the Lord [bf]God says: “Because [bg]it is tall in stature and has put its top among the [bh]clouds, and its (CD)heart is haughty in its loftiness, 11 I will hand it over to a [bi](CE)ruler of the nations; he will thoroughly deal with it. In accordance with its wickedness I have (CF)driven it out. 12 (CG)Foreign (CH)tyrants of the nations have cut it down and left it; on the (CI)mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its branches have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the peoples of the earth have (CJ)gone down from its shade and left it. 13 All the (CK)birds of the sky will nest on its fallen trunk, and all the animals of the field will [bj]rest on its fallen branches, 14 so that all the trees by the waters will not be exalted in their stature, nor put their tops among the [bk]clouds, nor will any of their [bl]well-watered mighty ones stand straight in their height. For they have all been turned over to death, to the (CL)earth beneath, among [bm]mankind, [bn]with those who go down to the pit.”

15 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “On the day when it went down to Sheol I (CM)caused mourning; I closed the [bo]deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it. 16 I made the nations (CN)quake from the sound of its fall when I made it (CO)go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the [bp]well-watered trees of Eden, the choicest and best of (CP)Lebanon, were (CQ)comforted in the earth beneath. 17 They also (CR)went down with it to Sheol to those who were (CS)slain by the sword; and those who were its [bq]strength lived (CT)in its shade among the nations.

18 “To which among the trees of Eden are you so alike in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the (CU)uncircumcised with those who were killed by the sword. (CV)This is Pharaoh and all his hordes!”’ declares the Lord God.”

Grief over Pharaoh and Egypt

32 In the (CW)twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, take up a (CX)song of mourning over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him,

‘You [br]compared yourself to a young (CY)lion of the nations,
Yet you are like the (CZ)monster in the seas;
And you (DA)burst forth in your rivers
And muddied the waters with your feet
And [bs]fouled their rivers.’”

3 This is what the Lord [bt]God says:

“Now I will (DB)spread My net over you
With a contingent of many peoples,
And they will lift you up in My net.
4 I will leave you on the land;
I will hurl you on the [bu]open field.
And I will cause all the (DC)birds of the sky to [bv]nest on you,
And I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth [bw]with you.
5 I will lay your flesh (DD)on the mountains
And fill the valleys with your refuse.
6 I will also make the land drink the discharge of your (DE)blood
As far as the mountains,
And the ravines will be full of you.
7 And when I (DF)extinguish you,
I will (DG)cover the heavens and darken their (DH)stars;
I will cover the (DI)sun with a cloud
And the moon will not give its light.
8 All the shining (DJ)lights in the heavens
I will darken over you
And will set darkness on your land,”
Declares the Lord God.

9 “I will also (DK)trouble the hearts of many peoples when I (DL)bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known. 10 And I will make many peoples (DM)appalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and (DN)they will tremble again and again, every person for his own life, on the day of your fall.”

11 For (DO)the Lord God says (DP)this: “The sword of the king of Babylon will [bx]attack you. 12 By the swords of the warriors I will make your multitude fall; all of them are (DQ)tyrants of the nations,

And they will (DR)devastate the pride of Egypt,
And all its multitude will be destroyed.
13 I will also eliminate all its cattle from beside many waters;
And (DS)a human foot will not muddy them anymore,
And the hoofs of animals will not muddy them.
14 Then I will make their waters settle,
And make their rivers run like oil,”
Declares the Lord God.
15 “When I make the land of Egypt a (DT)desolation,
And the land is destitute of that which filled it,
When I strike all those who live in it,
Then they shall (DU)know that I am the Lord.

16 This is a (DV)song of mourning, and they shall sing it. The daughters of the nations shall sing it. Over Egypt and over all her hordes they shall sing it,” declares the Lord God.

17 In the (DW)twelfth year, on the (DX)fifteenth of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18 “Son of man, (DY)lament for the hordes of Egypt and (DZ)bring it down, her and the daughters of the mighty nations, to the (EA)netherworld, with those who go down to the pit;

19 ‘Whom do you surpass in beauty?
Go down and make your bed with the (EB)uncircumcised.’

20 They shall fall in the midst of those who are killed by the sword. [by]She is turned over to the sword; they have (EC)dragged her and all her hordes away. 21 The (ED)strong among the mighty ones shall speak of him and his helpers from the midst of Sheol: ‘They have gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, killed by the sword.’

22 “(EE)Assyria is there and all her company; [bz]her graves are all around [ca]her. All of them killed, fallen by the sword, 23 whose (EF)graves are set in the remotest parts of the pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them killed, fallen by the sword, who [cb]spread terror in the land of the living.

24 “(EG)Elam is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them killed, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the (EH)lower parts of the earth, who inflicted their terror on the (EI)land of the living, and (EJ)bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit. 25 They have made a (EK)bed for her among the slain with all her hordes. Her graves are around it, they are all uncircumcised, killed by the sword (although their terror was [cc]inflicted on the land of the living), and they bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit; [cd]they were put in the midst of the slain.

26 “(EL)Meshech, (EM)Tubal, and all their hordes are there; their graves [ce]surround them. All of them were killed by the sword (EN)uncircumcised, though they inflicted their terror on the land of the living. 27 (EO)Nor do they lie beside the fallen [cf](EP)heroes of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war and whose swords were placed under their heads; but the punishment for their (EQ)wrongdoing rested on their bones, though the terror of these [cg]heroes was once in the land of the living. 28 But in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken and lie with those killed by the sword.

29 “There also is (ER)Edom, its kings and all its [ch]princes, who [ci]despite all their might are laid with those killed by the sword; they will lie with the uncircumcised and with those who go down to the pit.

30 “There also are the [cj]chiefs of the (ES)north, all of them, and all the (ET)Sidonians, who in spite of the terror resulting from their might, in shame went down with the slain. So they lay down uncircumcised with those killed by the sword and bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.

31 “These Pharaoh will see, and he will (EU)find consolation regarding all his hordes killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his army,” declares the Lord God. 32 “Though I inflicted the terror of him on the land of the living, yet he will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised along with those killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his hordes,” declares the Lord God.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  2. Ezekiel 29:3 Heb tannim
  3. Ezekiel 29:3 Or Nile
  4. Ezekiel 29:4 Or Nile
  5. Ezekiel 29:4 Or Nile
  6. Ezekiel 29:4 Or Nile
  7. Ezekiel 29:5 Or Nile
  8. Ezekiel 29:5 Lit faces of the field
  9. Ezekiel 29:5 Or with several mss and Targum, buried
  10. Ezekiel 29:7 As in some ancient versions; MT shoulders
  11. Ezekiel 29:7 Cf. ancient versions; MT stand
  12. Ezekiel 29:9 As in ancient versions; MT he
  13. Ezekiel 29:10 Or Nile
  14. Ezekiel 29:10 Or Ethiopia
  15. Ezekiel 29:13 Lit where
  16. Ezekiel 29:16 Lit causing to remember
  17. Ezekiel 29:16 Lit after them
  18. Ezekiel 29:18 Lit a great labor
  19. Ezekiel 29:18 I.e., injuries from the labor
  20. Ezekiel 29:18 Lit labored
  21. Ezekiel 29:20 Lit labored
  22. Ezekiel 29:21 Lit give you an opening of the mouth
  23. Ezekiel 30:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  24. Ezekiel 30:4 Or Ethiopia
  25. Ezekiel 30:4 Or multitude
  26. Ezekiel 30:5 Or Ethiopia
  27. Ezekiel 30:5 Or the mixed people
  28. Ezekiel 30:5 Or Cub
  29. Ezekiel 30:5 Lit sons
  30. Ezekiel 30:5 Lit of the covenant
  31. Ezekiel 30:9 Or Ethiopia
  32. Ezekiel 30:10 Or people; lit crowd, and so throughout the ch
  33. Ezekiel 30:12 Lit her fullness
  34. Ezekiel 30:13 Or futile ones
  35. Ezekiel 30:13 Or Noph
  36. Ezekiel 30:14 Or No
  37. Ezekiel 30:15 Or Pelusium
  38. Ezekiel 30:15 Or No
  39. Ezekiel 30:16 Or Pelusium
  40. Ezekiel 30:16 Or No
  41. Ezekiel 30:16 Or Noph
  42. Ezekiel 30:16 Or adversaries
  43. Ezekiel 30:17 Or Aven
  44. Ezekiel 30:17 Lit they
  45. Ezekiel 30:18 As in many mss and ancient versions; MT restrain
  46. Ezekiel 30:21 Lit to give healing
  47. Ezekiel 30:21 Lit to wrap it
  48. Ezekiel 31:3 Lit high of stature
  49. Ezekiel 31:3 As in LXX; MT thick boughs
  50. Ezekiel 31:4 I.e., subterranean waters
  51. Ezekiel 31:4 Lit was going
  52. Ezekiel 31:5 Lit in its sending forth
  53. Ezekiel 31:7 Lit root was
  54. Ezekiel 31:8 Lit did
  55. Ezekiel 31:8 Lit did
  56. Ezekiel 31:8 Lit were not like
  57. Ezekiel 31:8 Lit did
  58. Ezekiel 31:10 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  59. Ezekiel 31:10 As in Syriac; MT you are
  60. Ezekiel 31:10 As in LXX; MT thick branches
  61. Ezekiel 31:11 Or mighty one
  62. Ezekiel 31:13 Lit be on
  63. Ezekiel 31:14 As in LXX; MT thick branches
  64. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit drinkers of water
  65. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit sons of mankind
  66. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit to
  67. Ezekiel 31:15 I.e., subterranean waters
  68. Ezekiel 31:16 Lit drinkers of water
  69. Ezekiel 31:17 Lit arm
  70. Ezekiel 32:2 Or were like
  71. Ezekiel 32:2 Lit fouled by stamping
  72. Ezekiel 32:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  73. Ezekiel 32:4 Lit faces of the field
  74. Ezekiel 32:4 Lit dwell
  75. Ezekiel 32:4 Lit from
  76. Ezekiel 32:11 Lit come upon you
  77. Ezekiel 32:20 Or The sword is given
  78. Ezekiel 32:22 Lit his
  79. Ezekiel 32:22 Lit him
  80. Ezekiel 32:23 Lit gave, and so throughout the ch
  81. Ezekiel 32:25 Lit given
  82. Ezekiel 32:25 As in ancient versions; MT he was
  83. Ezekiel 32:26 Lit are around him
  84. Ezekiel 32:27 Or mighty ones
  85. Ezekiel 32:27 Or mighty ones
  86. Ezekiel 32:29 Or leaders
  87. Ezekiel 32:29 Lit in
  88. Ezekiel 32:30 Or leaders
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Ezekiel 29-32
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A Prophecy Against Egypt

Judgment on Pharaoh

29 In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day, the word of the Lord came to me:(A) 2 “Son of man, set your face against(B) Pharaoh king of Egypt(C) and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.(D) 3 Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I am against you, Pharaoh(E) king of Egypt,
    you great monster(F) lying among your streams.
You say, “The Nile(G) belongs to me;
    I made it for myself.”
4 But I will put hooks(H) in your jaws
    and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales.
I will pull you out from among your streams,
    with all the fish sticking to your scales.(I)
5 I will leave you in the desert,
    you and all the fish of your streams.
You will fall on the open field
    and not be gathered(J) or picked up.
I will give you as food
    to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.(K)

6 Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord.

“‘You have been a staff of reed(L) for the people of Israel. 7 When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered(M) and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched.[a](N)

8 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will bring a sword against you and kill both man and beast.(O) 9 Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“‘Because you said, “The Nile(P) is mine; I made it,(Q)” 10 therefore I am against you(R) and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt(S) a ruin and a desolate waste(T) from Migdol(U) to Aswan,(V) as far as the border of Cush.[b](W) 11 The foot of neither man nor beast will pass through it; no one will live there for forty years.(X) 12 I will make the land of Egypt desolate(Y) among devastated lands, and her cities will lie desolate forty years among ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.(Z)

13 “‘Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations where they were scattered. 14 I will bring them back from captivity and return them to Upper Egypt,(AA) the land of their ancestry. There they will be a lowly(AB) kingdom.(AC) 15 It will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the other nations.(AD) I will make it so weak that it will never again rule over the nations. 16 Egypt will no longer be a source of confidence(AE) for the people of Israel but will be a reminder(AF) of their sin in turning to her for help.(AG) Then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.(AH)’”

Nebuchadnezzar’s Reward

17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:(AI) 18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar(AJ) king of Babylon drove his army in a hard campaign against Tyre; every head was rubbed bare(AK) and every shoulder made raw.(AL) Yet he and his army got no reward from the campaign he led against Tyre. 19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king(AM) of Babylon, and he will carry off its wealth. He will loot and plunder(AN) the land as pay for his army.(AO) 20 I have given him Egypt(AP) as a reward for his efforts because he and his army did it for me, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AQ)

21 “On that day I will make a horn[c](AR) grow for the Israelites, and I will open your mouth(AS) among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.(AT)”

A Lament Over Egypt

30 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Wail(AU) and say,
    “Alas for that day!”
3 For the day is near,(AV)
    the day of the Lord(AW) is near—
a day of clouds,
    a time of doom for the nations.
4 A sword will come against Egypt,(AX)
    and anguish will come upon Cush.[d](AY)
When the slain fall in Egypt,
    her wealth will be carried away
    and her foundations torn down.(AZ)

5 Cush and Libya,(BA) Lydia and all Arabia,(BB) Kub and the people(BC) of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.(BD)

6 “‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘The allies of Egypt will fall
    and her proud strength will fail.
From Migdol to Aswan(BE)
    they will fall by the sword within her,
declares the Sovereign Lord.
7 “‘They will be desolate
    among desolate lands,
and their cities will lie
    among ruined cities.(BF)
8 Then they will know that I am the Lord,
    when I set fire(BG) to Egypt
    and all her helpers are crushed.(BH)

9 “‘On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten Cush(BI) out of her complacency. Anguish(BJ) will take hold of them on the day of Egypt’s doom, for it is sure to come.(BK)

10 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt
    by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar(BL) king of Babylon.(BM)
11 He and his army—the most ruthless of nations(BN)—
    will be brought in to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt
    and fill the land with the slain.(BO)
12 I will dry up(BP) the waters of the Nile(BQ)
    and sell the land to an evil nation;
by the hand of foreigners
    I will lay waste(BR) the land and everything in it.

I the Lord have spoken.

13 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will destroy the idols(BS)
    and put an end to the images in Memphis.(BT)
No longer will there be a prince in Egypt,(BU)
    and I will spread fear throughout the land.
14 I will lay(BV) waste Upper Egypt,
    set fire to Zoan(BW)
    and inflict punishment on Thebes.(BX)
15 I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,
    the stronghold of Egypt,
    and wipe out the hordes of Thebes.
16 I will set fire(BY) to Egypt;
    Pelusium will writhe in agony.
Thebes will be taken by storm;
    Memphis(BZ) will be in constant distress.
17 The young men of Heliopolis(CA) and Bubastis
    will fall by the sword,
    and the cities themselves will go into captivity.
18 Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes(CB)
    when I break the yoke of Egypt;(CC)
    there her proud strength will come to an end.
She will be covered with clouds,
    and her villages will go into captivity.(CD)
19 So I will inflict punishment(CE) on Egypt,
    and they will know that I am the Lord.’”

Pharaoh’s Arms Are Broken

20 In the eleventh year, in the first month on the seventh day, the word of the Lord came to me:(CF) 21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm(CG) of Pharaoh(CH) king of Egypt. It has not been bound up to be healed(CI) or put in a splint so that it may become strong enough to hold a sword. 22 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt.(CJ) I will break both his arms, the good arm as well as the broken one, and make the sword fall from his hand.(CK) 23 I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.(CL) 24 I will strengthen(CM) the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword(CN) in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan(CO) before him like a mortally wounded man. 25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I put my sword(CP) into the hand of the king of Babylon and he brandishes it against Egypt.(CQ) 26 I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.(CR)”

Pharaoh as a Felled Cedar of Lebanon

31 In the eleventh year,(CS) in the third month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:(CT) 2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes:

“‘Who can be compared with you in majesty?
3 Consider Assyria,(CU) once a cedar in Lebanon,(CV)
    with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest;
it towered on high,
    its top above the thick foliage.(CW)
4 The waters(CX) nourished it,
    deep springs made it grow tall;
their streams flowed
    all around its base
and sent their channels
    to all the trees of the field.(CY)
5 So it towered higher(CZ)
    than all the trees of the field;
its boughs increased
    and its branches grew long,
    spreading because of abundant waters.(DA)
6 All the birds of the sky
    nested in its boughs,
all the animals of the wild
    gave birth(DB) under its branches;
all the great nations
    lived in its shade.(DC)
7 It was majestic in beauty,
    with its spreading boughs,
for its roots went down
    to abundant waters.(DD)
8 The cedars(DE) in the garden of God
    could not rival it,
nor could the junipers
    equal its boughs,
nor could the plane trees(DF)
    compare with its branches—
no tree in the garden of God
    could match its beauty.(DG)
9 I made it beautiful
    with abundant branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden(DH)
    in the garden of God.(DI)

10 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud(DJ) of its height, 11 I gave it into the hands of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside,(DK) 12 and the most ruthless of foreign nations(DL) cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys;(DM) its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth came out from under its shade and left it.(DN) 13 All the birds settled on the fallen tree, and all the wild animals lived among its branches.(DO) 14 Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined(DP) for death,(DQ) for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.(DR)

15 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day it was brought down to the realm of the dead I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away.(DS) 16 I made the nations tremble(DT) at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the realm of the dead to be with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees(DU) of Eden,(DV) the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled(DW) in the earth below.(DX) 17 They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword,(DY) along with the armed men who lived in its shade among the nations.

18 “‘Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendor and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised,(DZ) with those killed by the sword.

“‘This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

A Lament Over Pharaoh

32 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:(EA) 2 “Son of man, take up a lament(EB) concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

“‘You are like a lion(EC) among the nations;
    you are like a monster(ED) in the seas(EE)
thrashing about in your streams,
    churning the water with your feet
    and muddying the streams.(EF)

3 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘With a great throng of people
    I will cast my net over you,
    and they will haul you up in my net.(EG)
4 I will throw you on the land
    and hurl you on the open field.
I will let all the birds of the sky settle on you
    and all the animals of the wild gorge themselves on you.(EH)
5 I will spread your flesh on the mountains
    and fill the valleys(EI) with your remains.
6 I will drench the land with your flowing blood(EJ)
    all the way to the mountains,
    and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.(EK)
7 When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens
    and darken their stars;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
    and the moon will not give its light.(EL)
8 All the shining lights in the heavens
    I will darken(EM) over you;
    I will bring darkness over your land,(EN)
declares the Sovereign Lord.
9 I will trouble the hearts of many peoples
    when I bring about your destruction among the nations,
    among[e] lands you have not known.
10 I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you,
    and their kings will shudder with horror because of you
    when I brandish my sword(EO) before them.
On the day(EP) of your downfall
    each of them will tremble
    every moment for his life.(EQ)

11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘The sword(ER) of the king of Babylon(ES)
    will come against you.(ET)
12 I will cause your hordes to fall
    by the swords of mighty men—
    the most ruthless of all nations.(EU)
They will shatter the pride of Egypt,
    and all her hordes will be overthrown.(EV)
13 I will destroy all her cattle
    from beside abundant waters
no longer to be stirred by the foot of man
    or muddied by the hooves of cattle.(EW)
14 Then I will let her waters settle
    and make her streams flow like oil,
declares the Sovereign Lord.
15 When I make Egypt desolate
    and strip the land of everything in it,
when I strike down all who live there,
    then they will know that I am the Lord.(EX)’

16 “This is the lament(EY) they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

Egypt’s Descent Into the Realm of the Dead

17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:(EZ) 18 “Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign(FA) to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit.(FB) 19 Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’(FC) 20 They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged(FD) off with all her hordes.(FE) 21 From within the realm of the dead(FF) the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, ‘They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised,(FG) with those killed by the sword.’

22 “Assyria is there with her whole army; she is surrounded by the graves of all her slain, all who have fallen by the sword. 23 Their graves are in the depths of the pit(FH) and her army lies around her grave.(FI) All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword.

24 “Elam(FJ) is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.(FK) All who had spread terror in the land of the living(FL) went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.(FM) 25 A bed is made for her among the slain, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised,(FN) killed by the sword. Because their terror had spread in the land of the living, they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are laid among the slain.

26 “Meshek and Tubal(FO) are there, with all their hordes around their graves. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword because they spread their terror in the land of the living. 27 But they do not lie with the fallen warriors of old,[f](FP) who went down to the realm of the dead with their weapons of war—their swords placed under their heads and their shields[g] resting on their bones—though these warriors also had terrorized the land of the living.

28 “You too, Pharaoh, will be broken and will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.

29 “Edom(FQ) is there, her kings and all her princes; despite their power, they are laid with those killed by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.(FR)

30 “All the princes of the north(FS) and all the Sidonians(FT) are there; they went down with the slain in disgrace despite the terror caused by their power. They lie uncircumcised(FU) with those killed by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.(FV)

31 “Pharaoh—he and all his army—will see them and he will be consoled(FW) for all his hordes that were killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign Lord. 32 Although I had him spread terror in the land of the living, Pharaoh(FX) and all his hordes will be laid among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign Lord.”(FY)

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint and Vulgate); Hebrew and you caused their backs to stand
  2. Ezekiel 29:10 That is, the upper Nile region
  3. Ezekiel 29:21 Horn here symbolizes strength.
  4. Ezekiel 30:4 That is, the upper Nile region; also in verses 5 and 9
  5. Ezekiel 32:9 Hebrew; Septuagint bring you into captivity among the nations, / to
  6. Ezekiel 32:27 Septuagint; Hebrew warriors who were uncircumcised
  7. Ezekiel 32:27 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text punishment
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