Ezek 30
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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord; Woe, woe worth the day!
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For the day of the Lord is nigh, a day of cloud; it shall be the end of the nations.
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And the sword shall come upon the Egyptians, and there shall be tumult in Ethiopia,
and in Egypt men shall fall down slain together, Alex. +’and they shall take her multitude’ and her foundations shall fall.
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Persians, and Cretans, and Lydians, and Libyans, and all the mixed multitude, and
they of the children of my covenant, shall fall by the sword therein.
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And the supports of Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her strength shall come down
from Magdol to Syene: they shall fall by the sword in it, says the Lord.
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And it shall be made desolate in the midst of desolate countries, and their cities
shall be desolate in the midst of desolate cities:
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and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall send fire upon Egypt, and when
all that help her shall be broken.
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In that day shall messengers go forth hasting to destroy Ethiopia utterly, and there
shall be tumult among them in the day of Egypt: for, behold it Or, is come comes.
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Thus says he Lord God; I will also destroy the multitude of the Egyptians by the hand
of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon,
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his hand and his people’s; they are plagues sent forth from the nations to destroy
the land: and they all shall unsheath their swords against Egypt, and the land shall
be filled with slain.
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And I will make their rivers desolate, Alex. +’and I will sell the land into the hand of the wicked’ and will destroy the
land and the fullness of it by the hands of strangers: I the
Lord have spoken.
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For thus says the Lord God; I will also Alex. destroy the idols, and put down the princes destroy the nobles from Memphis,
and the princes of Memphis out of the land of Egypt;
and they shall be no more. Alex. +’and I will put fear in the land of Egypt’
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And I will destroy the land of Phathore, and will send fire upon Tanis, and will execute
vengeance on Diospolis.
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And I will pour out my anger upon Sais the strength of Egypt, and will destroy the
multitude of Memphis.
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And I will send fire upon Egypt; and Syene shall be sorely troubled; and there shall
be a breaking in Diospolis, and waters shall be poured out.
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The youths of Heliopolis and Bubastum shall fall by the sword, and the women shall
go into captivity.
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And the day shall be darkened in Taphnae, when I have broken there the scepters of
Egypt: and the pride of her strength shall perish there: and a cloud shall cover her,
and her daughters shall be taken prisoners.
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And I will execute judgement on Egypt; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
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And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of
the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, I have broken the arms of Pharao, king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not
been bound up to be healed, to have a plaster put upon it, or to be strengthened to
lay hold of the sword.
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Therefore thus says the Lord God; Behold, I am against Pharao king of Egypt, and I
will break his Alex. +’his strong arms, both the outstretched and the broken’ strong and outstretched arms, and will smite
down his sword out of his hand.
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And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations, and will utterly scatter them
among the countries.
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And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword into his hand:
and he shall bring it upon Egypt, and shall take her plunder and seize her spoils.
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Yea, I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharao shall
fail: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have put my sword into the hands
of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out over the land of Egypt.
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And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations, and utterly scatter them among
the countries; and they all shall know that I am the Lord.