Ezekiel 30

30 ¹ The word of our Father came to me:

² Son of man, prophesy and say, This is what the Sovereign Father says: Wail, "Alas for the day!" ³ For the day is near, the day of our Father is near a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations. ⁴ A sword will come against Egypt and anguish will be in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, when they carry away her wealth and her foundations are torn down. ⁵ Cush, Put and Lud, all Arabia, Libya and the people of the covenant land will fall with them by the sword. ⁶ This is what our Father says: Those who support Egypt will fall and her proud strength will come down from Migdol to Aswan they will fall within her by the sword, declares the Sovereign Father. ⁷ They will be desolate among desolate lands and her cities will lie among ruined cities. ⁸ Then they will know that I am the Father, when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.

⁹ On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to terrify Cush in her false security, and anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt — for it is surely coming. ¹⁰ This is what the Sovereign Father says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. ¹¹ He and his army with him, 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. ¹² I will dry up the streams of the Nile and sell the land to evildoers I will lay the land waste and everything in it, by the hand of foreigners. I, the Father, have spoken.

¹³ This is what the Sovereign Father says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the worthless images in Memphis. No longer will there be a prince in the land of Egypt and I will spread fear throughout the land. ¹⁴ I will lay Pathros waste, set fire to Zoan and bring judgment on Thebes. ¹⁵ I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt and cut off the hordes of Thebes. ¹⁶ I will set fire to Egypt Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached and Memphis will face enemies by day. ¹⁷ The young men of Heliopolis and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword and the cities themselves will go into captivity. ¹⁸ At Tahpanhes the day will grow dark when I break Egypt's yoke there and her proud strength will come to an end within her. A cloud will cover her and her daughter-towns will go into captivity. ¹⁹ So I will bring judgment on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Father.

The Father Breaks Pharaoh's Arm

²⁰ In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day, the word of our Father came to me:

²¹ Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and look — it has not been bound up to be healed or wrapped with a bandage, so that it might grow strong enough to grasp the sword. ²² Therefore this is what the Sovereign Father says: I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms — both the strong one and the one already broken — and make the sword fall from his hand. ²³ I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries. 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 man mortally wounded. ²⁵ 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 Father, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. ²⁶ I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the Father.