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30 : 1 The word of the LORD came to me:
30 : 2 Son of man, prophesy and say: `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: `Wail and say, "Alas for that day!"
30 : 3 For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near-- a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
30 : 4 A sword will come against Egypt, and anguish will come upon Cush. When the slain fall in Egypt, her wealth will be carried away and her foundations torn down.
30 : 5 Cush and Put, Lydia and all Arabia, Libya and the people of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.
30 : 6 `This is what the LORD says: `The allies of Egypt will fall and her proud strength will fail. From Migdol to Aswan they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Sovereign LORD.
30 : 7 `They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.
30 : 8 Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are crushed.
30 : 9 `On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten Cush out of her complacency. Anguish will take hold of them on the day of Egypt`s doom, for it is sure to come.
30 : 10 `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: `I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
30 : 11 He and his army--the most ruthless of nations-- will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.
30 : 12 I will dry up the streams of the Nile and sell the land to evil men; by the hand of foreigners I will lay waste the land and everything in it. I the LORD have spoken.
30 : 13 `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: `I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. No longer will there be a prince in Egypt, and I will spread fear throughout the land.
30 : 14 I will lay waste Upper Egypt, set fire to Zoan and inflict punishment on Thebes.
30 : 15 I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the hordes of Thebes.
30 : 16 I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will writhe in agony. Thebes will be taken by storm; Memphis will be in constant distress.
30 : 17 The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will fall by the sword, and the cities themselves will go into captivity.
30 : 18 Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt; there her proud strength will come to an end. She will be covered with clouds, and her villages will go into captivity.
30 : 19 So I will inflict punishment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD.` "
30 : 20 In the eleventh year, in the first month on the seventh day, the word of the LORD came to me:
30 : 21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. It has not been bound up for healing or put in a splint so as to become strong enough to hold a sword.
30 : 22 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the good arm as well as the broken one, and make the sword fall from his hand.
30 : 23 I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.
30 : 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 him like a mortally wounded man.
30 : 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 into the hand of the king of Babylon and he brandishes it against Egypt.
30 : 26 I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD."