Ezekiel
Chapter 30
1
The word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar} of Jehovah/God
came
again unto me, saying, 2
"Son
of man, prophesy and say,
'Thus
said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
'Howl
you, Woe worth the day!' 3~~
For
the day is near
{chronologically speaking},
even
the day of the Lord is near . . .
it
will be a day of clouds.
{2nd Advent - see Revelation 1:7}
It
shall be the time of the heathen.
{a time of doom for the nations} 4
And
the sword shall come upon Egypt,
and
great pain shall be in Ethiopia,
when
the slain shall fall in Egypt,
and
they shall take away her multitude,
and
her foundations shall be broken down. 5
Ethiopia,
and Libya, and Lydia,
and
all the mingled people,
and
Chub,
and
the men of the land that is in league,
shall
fall with them by the sword."
6
Thus said {'amar} Jehovah/God,
"They
also that uphold Egypt shall fall
and
the pride of her power shall come down.
From
the tower of Syene
shall
they fall in it by the sword,"
said
the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah.
7
"And they shall be desolate
in
the midst of the countries that are desolate,
and
her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. 8
And
they shall know that I am Jehovah/God,
when
I have set a fire in Egypt,
and
when all her helpers shall be destroyed. 9
In
that day,
shall
messengers go forth from me in ships
to
make the careless Ethiopians afraid,
and
great pain shall come upon them,
as
in the day of Egypt.
For,
lo, it comes . . . 10
thus
said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
"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,
shall
be brought to destroy the land.
And
they shall draw their swords against Egypt,
and
fill the land with the slain. 12
And
I will make the rivers dry,
and
sell the land into the hand of the wicked.
And
I will make the land waste,
and
all that is therein,
by
the hand of strangers . . .
I,
Jehovah/God, have spoken it."
13
Thus said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
"I
will also destroy the idols,
and
I will cause their images to cease out of Noph
and
there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt.
And I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. 14
And
I will make Pathros desolate,
and
will set fire in Zoan,
and
will execute judgments in No. 15
And
I will pour my fury upon Sin,
the
strength of Egypt
and
I will cut off the multitude of No. 16
And I will set fire in Egypt.
Sin
shall have great pain,
and
No shall be rent asunder,
and
Noph shall have distresses daily. 17
The
young men of Aven and of Pibeseth
shall
fall by the sword
and
these cities shall go into captivity. 18
At
Tehaphnehes also,
the
day shall be darkened,
when
I shall break there
the
yokes of Egypt.
And
the pomp of her strength
shall
cease in her.
As
for her,
a
cloud shall cover her,
and
her daughters shall go into captivity. 19
Thus
will I execute judgments in Egypt . . .
and
they shall know that I am Jehovah/God."
20
And it came to pass in the eleventh year,
in
the first month,
in
the seventh day of the month,
that
the word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar} of Jehovah/God
came
unto me, saying, 21
"Son
of man,
I
have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt
and,
lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed,
to
put a roller to bind it,
to
make it strong to hold the sword."
22
Therefore thus said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
"Behold,
I am against Pharaoh, king of Egypt,
and
will break his arms,
the
strong,
and
that which was broken
and
I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 23
And
I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations,
and
will disperse them through the countries. 24
And
I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon,
and
put my sword in his hand.
But
I will break Pharaoh's arms,
and
he shall groan before him
with
the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25
But
I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon,
and
the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down
and
they shall know that I am Jehovah/God,
when
I shall put my sword
into
the hand of the king of Babylon,
and
he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. 26
And
I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations,
and
disperse them among the countries . . .
and
they shall know that I am Jehovah/God."
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