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30 : 1 The word of theLordcame to me:
30 : 2 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the LordGod:Wail,Alas for the day!
30 : 3 For the day is near,the day of theLordis near;it will bea day of clouds,a time of doom forthe nations.
30 : 4 A sword shall come upon Egypt,and anguish shall be inCush,when the slain fall in Egypt,andher wealthis carried away,andher foundations are torn down.
30 : 5 Cush, andPut, and Lud, andall Arabia, and Libya,and the people of the land that is in league,shall fall with them by the sword.
30 : 6 Thus says theLord:Those who support Egypt shall fall,andher proud might shall come down;from Migdol to Syenethey shall fall within her by the sword,declares the LordGod.
30 : 7 And they shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries,and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
30 : 8 Then they will know that I am theLord,whenI have set fire to Egypt,andall her helpers are broken.
30 : 9 On that daymessengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspectingpeople of Cush, andanguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom;for, behold, it comes!
30 : 10 Thus says the LordGod:I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt,by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
30 : 11 He and his people with him,the most ruthless of nations,shall be brought in to destroy the land,and they shall draw their swords against Egyptand fill the land with the slain.
30 : 12 AndI willdry up the Nileand will sell the land into the hand ofevildoers;I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,by the hand offoreigners;I am theLord; I have spoken.
30 : 13 Thus says the LordGod:I will destroy the idolsand put an end to the images inMemphis;there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;soI will put fear in the land of Egypt.
30 : 14 I will makePathros a desolationand will set fire toZoanand will execute judgments onThebes.
30 : 15 And I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,the stronghold of Egypt,and cut off the multitudeof Thebes.
30 : 16 And I will set fire to Egypt;Pelusium shall be in great agony;Thebes shall be breached,andMemphis shall face enemiesby day.
30 : 17 The young men of On and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword,and the womenshall go into captivity.
30 : 18 AtTehaphnehesthe day shall be dark,when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,andher proud might shall come to an end in her;she shall be covered by a cloud,and her daughters shall go into captivity.
30 : 19 ThusI will execute judgments on Egypt.Then they will know that I am theLord.
30 : 20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of theLordcame to me:
30 : 21 Son of man,I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold,it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.
30 : 22 Therefore thus says the LordGod: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt andwill break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken, and I will make the sword fall from his hand.
30 : 23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries.
30 : 24 AndI will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and putmy sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before himlike a man mortally wounded.
30 : 25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall.Then they shall know that I am theLord,when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
30 : 26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am theLord.