Lament over Egypt: BIBLE, New American Standard Bible == BIBLE-CENTER

Ezekiel, Chapter 30, verses 1-19

¹ The word of the LORD came again to me saying, ² “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord^aGOD,“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’ ³“For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, A time of doom for the nations. ⁴“A sword will come upon Egypt, And anguish will be in^b Lit CushEthiopia; When the slain fall in Egypt, They take away her^c Or multitudewealth, And her foundations are torn down.	2 Isa 13:6 Isa 15:2 Eze 21:12 Joe 1:5 Joe 1:11 Joe 1:13 3 Eze 7:19 Eze 13:5 Joe 1:15 Joe 2:1 Oba 1:15 Eze 30:18 Eze 32:7 Eze 34:12 4 Eze 29:19
⁵ ^d Lit CushEthiopia, Put, Lud, all^e Or the mixed peopleArabia,^f Or CubLibya and the^g Lit sonspeople of the land^h Lit of the covenantthat is in league will fall with them by the sword.”	5 Jer 25:20 Jer 25:24
⁶ ‘Thus says the LORD, “Indeed, those who support 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 midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities. ⁸ “And they will know that I am the LORD, When I set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken.	6 Isa 20:3-6 7 Jer 25:18-26 Eze 29:12 8 Psa 58:11 Eze 29:6 Eze 29:9 Eze 29:16 Eze 22:31 Eze 30:14 Eze 30:16 Amo 1:4 Amo 1:7 Amo 1:10 Amo 1:12 Amo 1:14
⁹ On that day messengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten secureⁱ Lit CushEthiopia; and anguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it comes!”	9 Isa 18:1 Isa 18:2 Isa 47:8 Eze 38:11 Eze 39:6 Isa 19:17 Isa 23:5 Eze 32:9 Eze 32:10
¹⁰ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,“I will also make the^jhordes of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. ¹¹“He and his people with him, 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 Nile canals dry And sell the land into the hands of evil men. And I will make the land desolate And^k Lit her fullnessall that is in it, By the hand of strangers; I the LORD have spoken.”	10 Eze 29:19 11 Eze 28:7 12 Eze 29:3 Eze 29:9 Isa 19:4
¹³ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,“I will also destroy the idols And make the^l Or futile onesimages cease from^m Or NophMemphis. 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 Pathros desolate, Set a fire in Zoan And execute judgments onⁿ Or NoThebes. ¹⁵“I will pour out My wrath on^o Or PelusiumSin, The stronghold of Egypt; I will also cut off the hordes of^p Or NoThebes. ¹⁶“I will set a fire in Egypt; ^q Or PelusiumSin will writhe in anguish, ^r Or NoThebes will be breached And^s Or NophMemphis will have^t Or adversariesdistresses daily. ¹⁷“The young men of^u Or AvenOn and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And^v Lit theythe women will go into captivity. ¹⁸“In Tehaphnehes the day will^wbe dark When I 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“Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, And they will know that I am the LORD.”’”	13 Isa 2:18 Isa 19:13 Jer 2:16 Jer 44:1 Jer 46:14 Eze 30:16 14 Isa 11:11 Jer 44:1 Jer 44:15 Eze 29:14 Psa 78:12 Psa 78:43 Isa 19:11 Isa 19:13 Jer 46:25 Eze 30:15 Eze 30:16 Nah 3:8 17 Gen 41:45 Gen 46:20 18 Jer 43:8-13 Eze 30:3 Lev 26:13 Isa 10:27 Jer 27:2 Jer 28:10 Jer 28:13 Jer 30:8 Eze 34:27 19 Psa 9:16 Eze 5:8 Eze 5:15 Eze 25:11 Eze 30:14


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