Ezekiel 30:1-13 ▼

1 Another message came to me from the LORD, who had this to say:

2 |Son of Man, here's what you are to prophesy and announce, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: |Wail out loud! Oh no! The day!

3 For comes now the day— comes now the Day of the LORD, the day of clouds! The time of the gentiles is fulfilled!

4 War will come to Egypt, and Ethiopia will be in anguish when the slain fall in Egypt, when her wealth is carried off, and her foundations are demolished.

5 |Ethiopia, Libya, descendants of Lud, all those who have mixed themselves, and Libya —along with everyone in the land of Israel who is in league with them—will die violently.|'|

6 |This is what the LORD says: 'Those who are supporting Egypt will fall; her majestic strength that she brought from the Aswan fortress will collapse by the sword that invades her,' declares the Lord GOD.

7 They'll remain desolate among desolate lands, their cities will be named among those that are ruined.

8 They will know that I am the LORD when I kindle my fire in Egypt and all who help her are crushed.

9 When that happens, couriers will go out in ships to terrify Ethiopia in its complacency. Anguish will visit them as it will visit Egypt. Watch out! It's coming!'|

10 |This is what the LORD says: 'I'm putting an end to that gang from Egypt, and I'm going to use King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, to do it!

11 He and his ruthless army with him will be brought to destroy the land. They'll draw their swords and attack Egypt, filling the land with the dead!

12 I'll dry up their waterways, and evil men will sell off the land. I'm going to make that land desolate, along with everything that's in it, and I'm going to use foreigners to do it. I, the LORD have spoken!'|

13 |This is what the Lord GOD says: 'I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images that come from Memphis. There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt, and I will terrify the land of Egypt.