Ezekiel 30

Destruction of Allies Ezekiel 30:5–10

⁵Verse 5. “‘“Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the mixed people, Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, will fall with them by the sword.”⁶Verse 6. “‘Yahweh says:“They also who uphold Egypt will fall.The pride of her power will come down.They will fall by the sword in it from the tower of Seveneh,”says the Lord Yahweh.⁷Verse 7. “They will be desolate in the middle of the countries that are desolate.Her cities will be among the cities that are wasted.⁸Verse 8. They will know that I am Yahwehwhen I have set a fire in Egypt,and all her helpers are destroyed.⁹Verse 9. “‘“In that day messengers will go out from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid. There will be anguish on them, as in the day of Egypt; for, behold, it comes.”¹⁰Verse 10. “‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:“I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease,by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Judgment on Idolatry Ezekiel 30:11–16

¹¹Verse 11. He and his people with him,the terrible of the nations,will be brought in to destroy the land.They will draw their swords against Egypt,and fill the land with the slain.¹²Verse 12. I will make the rivers dry,and will sell the land into the hand of evil men.I will make the land desolate,and all that is therein,by the hand of strangers:I, Yahweh, have spoken it.”¹³Verse 13. “‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:“I will also destroy the idols,and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis.There will be no more a prince from the land of Egypt.I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.¹⁴Verse 14. I will make Pathros desolate,and will set a fire in Zoan,and will execute judgments on No.¹⁵Verse 15. I will pour my wrath on Sin,the stronghold of Egypt.I will cut off the multitude of No.¹⁶Verse 16. I will set a fire in EgyptSin will be in great anguish.No will be broken up.Memphis will have adversaries in the daytime.

The Fall of Pharaoh Ezekiel 30:17–24

¹⁷Verse 17. The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth will fall by the sword. They will go into captivity. ¹⁸Verse 18. At Tehaphnehes also the day will withdraw itself, when I break the yokes of Egypt, there. The pride of her power will cease in her. As for her, a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity. ¹⁹Verse 19. Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”’” ²⁰Verse 20. In the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, ²¹Verse 21. “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Behold, it has not been bound up, to apply medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it become strong to hold the sword.

²²Verse 22. Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong arm, and that which was broken. I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. ²³Verse 23. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. ²⁴Verse 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 the king of Babylon with the groaning of a mortally wounded man.

God's Sovereign Plan Ezekiel 30:25–26

²⁵Verse 25. I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms of Pharaoh will fall down. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he stretches it out on the land of Egypt. ²⁶Verse 26. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’”