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    Ezekiel 30

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    Pharaoh’s defeat is given the sort of careful bodily description usually reserved for a battlefield physician: one arm is already broken, neither arm is spared, and the sword slips away at the end.

    A day of clouds over Egyptvv. 1–19

    The word comes to Ezekiel with a cry of wailing for a day already drawing near: clouds, doom, a sword against Egypt, and anguish reaching Cush when Egypt’s slain fall and its wealth is carried off. Cush, Put, Lud, Libya, and the men of the covenant land fall with Egypt; from Migdol to Syene, the allies collapse, cities join the company of ruined cities, and fire is set to Egypt. Then comes the chapter’s splendidly unexplained maritime touch: messengers go out in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency, though the ships are left to do their mysterious work without a word of explanation. Nebuchadnezzar and his ruthless people are brought in to destroy the land, while the streams dry up and foreigners make desolation. The names then arrive almost like a grim itinerary: Memphis loses its idols, Pathros is laid waste, Zoan burns, Thebes faces judgment, Pelusium writhes, Memphis suffers daily distress, On and Pi-beseth lose their young men, and Tahpanhes goes dark beneath a cloud. Egypt is judged, and the refrain returns: they will know who is LORD.

    The arms of Pharaohvv. 20–26

    On the seventh day of the first month, the word returns with Pharaoh’s arm already broken—and notably not bound, healed, or splinted. The LORD will break both arms, the strong one and the one already broken, and the sword will fall from Pharaoh’s hand. Meanwhile Babylon’s king is strengthened and receives the sword; Pharaoh groans before him like a mortally wounded man. The Egyptians are dispersed among the nations and scattered through the lands, and the same knowledge of the LORD closes the oracle.

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    1. Ezek 30:1Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2. Ezek 30:2“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’

    3. Ezek 30:3For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

    4. Ezek 30:4A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.

    5. Ezek 30:5Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.

    6. Ezek 30:6For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.

    7. Ezek 30:7They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.

    8. Ezek 30:8Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.

    9. Ezek 30:9On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.

    10. Ezek 30:10This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

    11. Ezek 30:11He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.

    12. Ezek 30:12I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.

    13. Ezek 30:13This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.

    14. Ezek 30:14I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.

    15. Ezek 30:15I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes.

    16. Ezek 30:16I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.

    17. Ezek 30:17The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.

    18. Ezek 30:18The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.

    19. Ezek 30:19So I will execute judgment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

    20. Ezek 30:20In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    21. Ezek 30:21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.

    22. Ezek 30:22Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.

    23. Ezek 30:23I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

    24. Ezek 30:24I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.

    25. Ezek 30:25I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt.

    26. Ezek 30:26I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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    Where this is echoed

    Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 260 passages were voted onto 25 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

    • 3Obadiah 1:15For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.
    • 9Isaiah 18:1–2Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,
    • 21Jeremiah 30:13There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.
    • 21Jeremiah 46:11Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
    • 2Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
    • 3Joel 2:1–2Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
    • 4Ezekiel 29:19Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.
    • 5Jeremiah 25:20all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
    • 7Ezekiel 29:12I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
    • 11Ezekiel 28:7behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.
    • 14Jeremiah 46:25The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.
    • 14Ezekiel 29:14I will restore Egypt from captivity and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.
    • 21Psalms 37:17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
    • 21Jeremiah 48:25The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
    • 3Ezekiel 7:7Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near; there is panic on the mountains instead of shouts of joy.
    • 3Isaiah 24:21–23In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.

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