Ezekiel 30:1–8

Egypt and Her Allies Will Fall

30 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, 2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

a“Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’

3 For bthe day is near,

Even the day of the Lord is near;

It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.

4 The sword shall come upon Egypt,

And great anguish shall be in 1Ethiopia,

When the slain fall in Egypt,

And they ctake away her wealth,

And dher foundations are broken down.

5 “Ethiopia, 2Libya, 3Lydia, eall the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword.”

6 ‘Thus says the Lord:

“Those who uphold Egypt shall fall,

And the pride of her power shall come down.

fFrom 4Migdol to Syene

Those within her shall fall by the sword,”

Says the Lord God.

7 “They gshall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries,

And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste.

8 Then they will know that I am the Lord,

When I have set a fire in Egypt

And all her helpers are destroyed.