Chapter 30
1 Yahweh ’s word came again to me , saying ,
2 " Son of man , prophesy , and say, ‘ The Lord Yahweh says : " Wail , ‘ Alas for the day !’
3 For the day is near , even Yahweh ’s day is near . It will be a day of clouds , a time of the nations .
4 A sword will come on Egypt , and anguish will be in Ethiopia , when the slain fall in Egypt . They take away her multitude , and her foundations are broken down .
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 ."
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 .
7 " They will be desolate in the middle of the countries that are desolate . Her cities will be among the cities that are wasted .
8 They will know that I am Yahweh when I have set a fire in Egypt , and all her helpers are destroyed .
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 ."
10 "‘ The Lord Yahweh says : " I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease , by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
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 .
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 foreigners . I , Yahweh , have spoken it ."
13 "‘ The Lord Yahweh says : " 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 .
14 I will make Pathros desolate , and will set a fire in Zoan , and will execute judgments on No .
15 I will pour my wrath on Sin , the stronghold of Egypt . I will cut off the multitude of No .
16 I will set a fire in Egypt Sin will be in great anguish . No will be broken up . Memphis will have adversaries in the daytime .
17 The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth will fall by the sword . They will go into captivity .
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 .
19 Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt . Then they will know that I am Yahweh ."’"
20 In the eleventh year , in the first month , in the seventh day of the month , Yahweh ’s word came to me , saying ,
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 may become strong to hold the sword .
22 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says : ‘ 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 .
23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations , and will disperse them through the countries.
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 .
25 I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon, but 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 .
26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries. Then they will know that I am Yahweh .’"