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Egypt and Her Allies Will Fall

¹The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, ²“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
⚓“Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’
³For ⚓the day is near,
Even the day of the Lordis near;
It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.
⁴The sword shall come upon Egypt,
And great anguish shall be in Ethiopia,
When the slain fall in Egypt,
And they ⚓take away her wealth,
And ⚓her foundations are broken down.
⁵“Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, ⚓all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword.”
⁶‘Thus says the Lord:
“Those who uphold Egypt shall fall,
And the pride of her power shall come down.
⚓From Migdol to Syene
Those within her shall fall by the sword,”
Says the Lord God.
⁷“They⚓ shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries,
And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste.
⁸Then they will know that I am the Lord,
When I have set a fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are destroyed.
⁹On that day ⚓messengers shall go forth from Me in ships
To make the careless Ethiopians afraid,
And great anguish shall come upon them,
As on the day of Egypt;
For indeed it is coming!”
¹⁰‘Thus says the Lord God:
⚓“I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease
By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
¹¹He and his people with him, ⚓the most terrible of the nations,
Shall be brought to destroy the land;
They shall draw their swords against Egypt,
And fill the land with the slain.
¹²⚓I will make the rivers dry,
And ⚓sell the land into the hand of the wicked;
I will make the land waste, and all that is in it,
By the hand of aliens.
I, the Lord, have spoken.”
¹³‘Thus says the Lord God:
“I will also ⚓destroy the idols,
And cause the images to cease from Noph;
⚓There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt;
⚓I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
¹⁴I will make ⚓Pathros desolate,
Set fire to ⚓Zoan,
⚓And execute judgments in No.
¹⁵I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt;
⚓I will cut off the multitude of No,
¹⁶And ⚓set a fire in Egypt;
Sin shall have great pain,
No shall be split open,
And Noph shall be in distress daily.
¹⁷The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword,
And these cities shall go into captivity.
¹⁸⚓At Tehaphnehes the day shall also be darkened,
When I break the yokes of Egypt there.
And her arrogant strength shall cease in her;
As for her, a cloud shall cover her,
And her daughters shall go into captivity.
¹⁹Thus I will ⚓execute judgments on Egypt,
Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”

Proclamation Against Pharaoh

²⁰And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²¹“Son of man, I have ⚓broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, ⚓it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword. ²²Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Surely I am⚓against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will ⚓break his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall out of his hand. ²³⚓I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries. ²⁴I 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 him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man. ²⁵Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; ⚓they shall know that I am the Lord, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. ²⁶⚓I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’ ”

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耶和华惩罚埃及

¹耶和华的话临到我，说： ²“人子啊，你要说预言；你要说，主耶和华如此说：
哀哉这日！你们应当哭号，
³因为日子近了，
耶和华的日子临近了；
那是密云之日，
是列国受罚⚓之期。
⁴必有刀剑临到埃及；
被杀的人仆倒在埃及时，
古实人颤惊不已。
埃及的财富遭掳掠，
根基被拆毁。
⁵古实人、弗人、路德人、混居的各族和古伯人，以及盟国的人都要与埃及人一同倒在刀下。
⁶“耶和华如此说：
扶助埃及的必倾倒，
埃及骄傲的权势必降为卑，
从密夺到色弗尼，人必倒在刀下。
这是主耶和华说的。
⁷埃及成为荒凉中最荒凉的国，
它的城镇变为荒废中最荒废的城镇。
⁸我在埃及放火，
帮助埃及的，都遭灭绝；
那时，他们就知道我是耶和华。
⁹“到那日，必有使者从我面前乘船出去，使安逸无虑的古实人惊惧；当埃及遭难的日子，痛苦也必临到他们。看哪，这事临近了！
¹⁰“主耶和华如此说：
我要藉巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手
除灭埃及的军队。
¹¹他和随从他的人，
就是列国中凶暴的人，
要前来毁灭这地，
拔刀攻击埃及，
使遍地布满被杀的人。
¹²我要使江河干涸，
将这地卖在恶人手中；
我要藉外国人的手，
使这地和其中所充满的变为荒芜；
这是我─耶和华说的。

¹³“主耶和华如此说：
我要毁灭偶像，
从挪弗⚓除掉神像；
不再有君王出自埃及地，
我要使埃及地的人惧怕。
¹⁴我必令巴特罗荒凉，
在琐安放火，
向挪⚓施行审判。
¹⁵我要将我的愤怒倾倒在训，
埃及的堡垒上，
要剪除挪的众民。
¹⁶我必在埃及放火，
训必大大痛苦，
挪被攻破，
挪弗终日遭敌侵袭。
¹⁷亚文和比．伯实的年轻人必倒在刀下，
这些城镇将被掳掠。
¹⁸我在答比匿折断埃及的轭⚓，
使它骄傲的权势止息。
那时，日光必退去；
至于这城，必有密云遮蔽，
邻近的城镇⚓也遭掳掠。
¹⁹我要如此向埃及施行审判，
他们就知道我是耶和华。”

埃及王的崩溃

²⁰第十一年正月初七，耶和华的话临到我，说： ²¹“人子啊，我已折断埃及王法老的一只膀臂；看哪，无人为他敷药，也无人为他包扎绷带，使他有力持刀。 ²²因此，主耶和华如此说：看哪，我与埃及王法老为敌，要折断他的膀臂，折断强壮的和已受伤的，使刀从他手中掉落。 ²³我必将埃及人分散到列国，四散在列邦。 ²⁴我要使巴比伦王的膀臂有力，把我的刀交在他手中；却要折断法老的膀臂，使他在巴比伦王面前呻吟，如同被杀的人一样。 ²⁵我要使巴比伦王的膀臂强壮，法老的膀臂却要下垂；当我把我的刀交在巴比伦王手中时，他要举刀攻击埃及地，他们就知道我是耶和华。 ²⁶我必将埃及人分散到列国，四散在列邦；他们就知道我是耶和华。”