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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezekiel 30 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/30.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/30-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Ezekiel 30</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/29.htm" title="Ezekiel 29">◄</a> Ezekiel 30 <a href="../ezekiel/31.htm" title="Ezekiel 31">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/ezekiel/30.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">A Lament Over Egypt</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The word of the <span class="name">Lord</span> came to me: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> says:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“ ‘Wail and say,</p><p class="line2">“Alas for that day!”</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For the day is near,</p><p class="line2">the day of the <span class="name">Lord</span> is near—</p><p class="line1">a day of clouds,</p><p class="line2">a time of doom for the nations.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>A sword will come against Egypt,</p><p class="line2">and anguish will come upon Cush. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, the upper Nile region; also in verses 5 and 9">a</a></sup></span> </p><p class="line1">When the slain fall in Egypt,</p><p class="line2">her wealth will be carried away</p><p class="line2">and her foundations torn down.</p></div> <p class="pcontinued"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Cush and Libya, Lydia and all Arabia, Kub and the people of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“ ‘This is what the <span class="name">Lord</span> says:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“ ‘The allies of Egypt will fall</p><p class="line2">and her proud strength will fail.</p><p class="line1">From Migdol to Aswan</p><p class="line2">they will fall by the sword within her,</p><p class="attribution">declares the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“ ‘They will be desolate</p><p class="line2">among desolate lands,</p><p class="line1">and their cities will lie</p><p class="line2">among ruined cities.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then they will know that I am the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">when I set fire to Egypt</p><p class="line2">and all her helpers are crushed.</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“ ‘On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten Cush out of her complacency. Anguish will take hold of them on the day of Egypt’s doom, for it is sure to come.</p> <p class="introduction"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“ ‘This is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> says:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“ ‘I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt</p><p class="line2">by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He and his army—the most ruthless of nations—</p><p class="line2">will be brought in to destroy the land.</p><p class="line1">They will draw their swords against Egypt</p><p class="line2">and fill the land with the slain.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I will dry up the waters of the Nile</p><p class="line2">and sell the land to an evil nation;</p><p class="line1">by the hand of foreigners</p><p class="line2">I will lay waste the land and everything in it.</p></div><p class="pconclusion">I the <span class="name">Lord</span> have spoken.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“ ‘This is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> says:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“ ‘I will destroy the idols</p><p class="line2">and put an end to the images in Memphis.</p><p class="line1">No longer will there be a prince in Egypt,</p><p class="line2">and I will spread fear throughout the land.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will lay waste Upper Egypt,</p><p class="line2">set fire to Zoan</p><p class="line2">and inflict punishment on Thebes.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,</p><p class="line2">the stronghold of Egypt,</p><p class="line2">and wipe out the hordes of Thebes.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I will set fire to Egypt;</p><p class="line2">Pelusium will writhe in agony.</p><p class="line1">Thebes will be taken by storm;</p><p class="line2">Memphis will be in constant distress.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis</p><p class="line2">will fall by the sword,</p><p class="line2">and the cities themselves will go into captivity.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes</p><p class="line2">when I break the yoke of Egypt;</p><p class="line2">there her proud strength will come to an end.</p><p class="line1">She will be covered with clouds,</p><p class="line2">and her villages will go into captivity.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So I will inflict punishment on Egypt,</p><p class="line2">and they will know that I am the <span class="name">Lord</span>.’ ”</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Pharaoh’s Arms Are Broken</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>In the eleventh year, in the first month on the seventh day, the word of the <span class="name">Lord</span> came to me: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. It has not been bound up to be healed or put in a splint so that it may become strong enough to hold a sword. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Therefore this is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> says: I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the good arm as well as the broken one, and make the sword fall from his hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him like a mortally wounded man. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the <span class="name">Lord</span>, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he brandishes it against Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/30-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the <span class="name">Lord</span>.”</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, the upper Nile region; also in verses 5 and 9</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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