30THE WORD of the Lord came again to me, saying,H1697H3068H559 2Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord God: Wail, Alas for the day!H1121H120H5012H559H559H136H3069H3213H1929H3117 3For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time [of doom] for the nations.H3117H7138H3117H3068H7138H6051H3117H6256H1471 4And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish {and} great sorrow shall be in Ethiopia (Cush), when the slain fall in Egypt and they [of Babylon] carry away her great mass of people {and} of things and her foundations are broken down.H2719H935H4714H2479H3568H2491H5307H4714H3947H1995H3247H2040 5Ethiopia (Cush) and Put, Lud and all the mingled people [foreigners living in Egypt], Cub (Lub, Libya) and the children of the land of the covenant [the Jews who had taken refuge in Egypt] shall fall with [the Egyptians] by the sword.H3568H6316H3865H6153H3552H1121H776H1285H5307H2719 6Thus says the Lord: They also who uphold {or} lean upon {and} are supported by Egypt shall fall, and the pride of her power shall come down; from Migdol [in the north] to Syene [in the south] they shall fall within her by the sword, says the Lord God.H559H3068H5564H4714H5307H1347H5797H3381H4024H5482H5307H2719H5002H136H3069 7And they shall be desolated in the midst of countries that are desolated, and her cities shall be in the midst of cities that are wasted [by plunder and subjection].H8074H8432H776H8074H5892H8432H5892H2717 8And they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service], when I have set a fire in Egypt and all her helpers are broken {and} destroyed.H3045H3068H5414H784H4714H5826H7665 9In that day shall [swift] messengers go forth from Me in ships to terrify the careless {and} unsuspecting Ethiopians, and there shall be anguish {and} great sorrow upon them as in the day of Egypt's [doom], for behold, [their day] comes!H3117H4397H3318H6440H6716H983H3568H2729H2479H3117H4714H935 10Thus says the Lord God: I will also make the tumult {and} the wealth {and} the large population of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.H559H136H3069H1995H4714H7673H3027H5019H4428H894 11He and his people with him, the [most] terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land, and they shall draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.H5971H6184H1471H935H7843H776H7324H2719H4714H4390H776H2491 12And I will make the [artificial] streams [of the Nile delta] dry and will sell the land into the hand of evil men, and I will make the land desolate, and all that is in it, by the hand of strangers. I the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service] have spoken it.H5414H2975H2724H4376H776H3027H7451H776H8074H4393H3027H2114H3068H1696 13Thus says the Lord God: I will also destroy the idols and I will put an end to the images in Noph {or} Memphis, and there shall be no longer a prince of the land of Egypt. And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.H559H136H3069H6H1544H457H7673H5297H5387H776H4714H5414H3374H776H4714 14And I will make Pathros desolate and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments {and} punishments upon No {or} Thebes.H6624H8074H5414H784H6814H6213H8201H4996 15And I will pour My wrath upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and I will cut off the tumult, the prosperity {and} the population of No {or} Thebes.H8210H2534H5512H4581H4714H3772H1995H4996 16And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall have great anguish and No {or} Thebes shall be torn open and Noph {or} Memphis shall have adversaries in the daytime {and} all the day long.H5414H784H4714H5512H2342H2342H4996H1234H5297H6862H3119 17The young men of Aven {or} On and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword, and the [women and children] shall go into captivity.H970H206H6364H5307H2719H3212H7628 18At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself {and} be dark when I break there the yokes {and} dominion of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall come to an end. As for her, a cloud [of calamities] shall cover her and her daughters shall go into captivity.H8471H3117H2821H2820H7665H4133H4714H1347H5797H7673H1931H6051H3680H1323H3212H7628 19Thus will I execute judgments {and} punishments upon Egypt. Then shall they know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service].H6213H8201H4714H3045H3068 20And in the eleventh year [after King Jehoiachin was taken to Babylon], in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,H259H6240H8141H7223H7651H2320H1697H3068H559 21Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, it has not been bound up to heal it by binding it with a bandage, to make it strong to hold {and} wield the sword.H1121H120H7665H2220H6547H4428H4714H2280H7499H5414H7760H2848H2280H2388H8610H2719 22Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong one and the one which was broken, and I will cause the sword to fall from his hand.H559H136H3069H6547H4428H4714H7665H2220H2389H7665H2719H5307H3027 23And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and will disperse them throughout the countries.H6327H4714H1471H2219H776 24And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand, but I will break Pharaoh's arms and he will groan before [Nebuchadrezzar] with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.H2388H2220H4428H894H5414H2719H3027H7665H6547H2220H5008H6440H5009H2491 25But I will strengthen {and} hold up the arms of the king of Babylon and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down, and they [of Egypt] shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service], when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.H2388H2220H4428H894H2220H6547H5307H3045H3068H5414H2719H3027H4428H894H5186H776H4714 26And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries, and they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service].H6327H4714H1471H2219H776H3045H3068