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| 30:1 |
The word of the Lord came again to me saying,
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| 30:2 |
"Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Wail, 'Alas for the day!'
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| 30:3 |
"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.
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| 30:4 |
"A sword will come upon Egypt, And anguish will be in Ethiopia; When the slain fall in Egypt, They take away her wealth, And her foundations are torn down.
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| 30:5 |
"Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya and the people of the land that is in league will fall with them by the sword."
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| 30:6 |
'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.
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| 30:7 |
"They will be desolate In the midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities.
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| 30:8 |
"And they will know that I am the Lord, When I set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken.
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| 30:9 |
"On that day messengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten secure Ethiopia; and anguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it comes!"
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| 30:10 |
'Thus says the Lord God, "I will also make the hordes of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
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| 30:11 |
"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.
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| 30:12 |
"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 all that is in it, By the hand of strangers; I the Lord have spoken."
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| 30:13 |
'Thus says the Lord God, "I will also destroy the idols And make the images cease from Memphis. And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt; And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
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| 30:14 |
"I will make Pathros desolate, Set a fire in Zoan And execute judgments on Thebes.
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| 30:15 |
"I will pour out My wrath on Sin, The stronghold of Egypt; I will also cut off the hordes of Thebes.
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| 30:16 |
"I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached And Memphis will have distresses daily.
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| 30:17 |
"The young men of On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And the women will go into captivity.
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| 30:18 |
"In Tehaphnehes the day will be 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.
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| 30:19 |
"Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, And they will know that I am the Lord.""'
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| 30:20 |
In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying,
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| 30:21 |
"Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up for healing or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to hold the sword.
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| 30:22 |
"Therefore thus says the Lord God, 'Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.
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| 30:23 |
'I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.
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| 30:24 |
'For I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groanings of a wounded man.
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| 30:25 |
'Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
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| 30:26 |
'When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the Lord.' "
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