Jeremiah 46:14
Legacy Standard Bible
14 “Declare in Egypt and cause it to be heard in (A)Migdol;
Cause it to be heard also in Memphis and (B)Tahpanhes;
Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself ready,
For the (C)sword has devoured those around you.’
Ezekiel 29-32
Legacy Standard Bible
Prophesy Against Egypt
29 In the (A)tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 2 “Son of man, set your face against (B)Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all (C)Egypt. 3 Speak and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,
“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
The great [a](D)monster that lies in the midst of his canals of the Nile,
That (E)has said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.’
4 I will put (F)hooks in your jaws
And make the fish of your canals of the Nile cling to your scales.
And I will bring you up out of the midst of your canals of the Nile,
And all the fish of your canals of the Nile will cling to your scales.
5 I will (G)abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your canals of the Nile;
You will fall on the [b]open field; you will not be brought together or [c](H)gathered.
I have given you for (I)food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh
Because they have been only a (J)staff made of reed to the house of Israel.
7 When they seized you with the hand,
You (K)tore and split open all their [d]shoulders;
And when they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their loins [e]quake.”
8 ‘Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will (L)bring upon you a sword, and I will cut off from you man and beast. 9 The (M)land of Egypt will become a desolation and waste. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.
Because [f]you (N)said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I have made it,’ 10 therefore, behold, I am (O)against you and against your canals of the Nile, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and even to the border of [g]Ethiopia. 11 A man’s foot will (P)not pass through it, and the foot of a beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years. 12 So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the (Q)midst of desolated lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate forty years; and I will (R)scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.”
13 ‘For thus says Lord Yahweh, “At the end of forty years I will (S)gather the Egyptians from the peoples [h]among whom they were scattered. 14 I will return the fortunes of Egypt and make them return to the land of (T)Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom. 15 It will be the (U)lowest of the kingdoms, and it will never again lift itself up above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will not (V)have dominion over the nations. 16 And it will never again be the (W)security of the house of Israel, (X)bringing to remembrance the iniquity of their having turned to go after Egypt. Then they will know that I am Lord Yahweh.”’”
17 Now in the (Y)twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 18 “Son of man, (Z)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his military force [i]labor hard against Tyre; every head was made (AA)bald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his military force had no wages from Tyre for the [j]labor that he had [k]labored against it.” 19 Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I (AB)will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her [l](AC)abundance and capture her spoil and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his military force. 20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his work which he [m](AD)labored because they acted for Me,” declares Lord Yahweh.
21 “On that day I will make a (AE)horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will [n](AF)open your mouth in their midst. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”
Those Who Support Egypt Will Fall
30 The word of Yahweh came again to me saying, 2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,
“(AG)Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
3 For the day is near,
Even (AH)the day of Yahweh is near;
It will be a day of (AI)clouds,
A time of doom for the nations.
4 A sword will come upon Egypt,
And anguish will be in [o]Ethiopia;
When the slain fall in Egypt,
They (AJ)take away her multitude,
And her foundations are pulled down.
5 [p]Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all [q](AK)Arabia, [r]Libya, and the [s]people of the land [t]that is in covenant will fall with them by the sword.”
6 ‘Thus says Yahweh,
“Indeed, those who support (AL)Egypt will fall,
And the pride of her strength will come down;
From Migdol to Syene
They will fall within her by the sword,”
Declares Lord Yahweh.
7 “They will be desolate
In the (AM)midst of the desolated lands;
And her cities will be
In the midst of the cities laid waste.
8 And they will (AN)know that I am Yahweh,
When I set a (AO)fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are broken.
9 On that day (AP)messengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten (AQ)secure [u]Ethiopia; and (AR)anguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”
10 ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,
“(AS)I will also make the multitude of Egypt cease
By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him,
(AT)The most ruthless of the nations,
Will be brought in to make the land a ruin;
And they will draw their swords against Egypt
And fill the land with the slain.
12 Moreover, I will make the (AU)canals of the Nile dry
And (AV)sell the land into the hands of evil men.
And I will make the land desolate,
As well as its fullness,
By the hand of strangers; I, Yahweh, have spoken.”
13 ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,
“I will also (AW)destroy the idols
And make the [v]images cease from [w](AX)Memphis.
And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt;
And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14 I will make (AY)Pathros desolate,
Set a fire in (AZ)Zoan,
And execute judgments on [x](BA)Thebes.
15 I will pour out My wrath on [y]Sin,
The strong defense of Egypt;
I will also cut off the multitude of [z]Thebes.
16 I will set a fire in Egypt;
[aa]Sin will writhe in anguish;
[ab]Thebes will be breached,
And [ac]Memphis will have [ad]distresses daily.
17 The choice men of [ae](BB)On and of Pi-beseth
Will fall by the sword,
And [af]the women will go into captivity.
18 In (BC)Tehaphnehes the day will [ag]be (BD)dark
When I (BE)break there the bars of the yoke of Egypt.
Then the pride of her strength will cease in her;
A cloud will cover her,
And her daughters will go into captivity.
19 Thus I will (BF)execute judgments on Egypt,
And they will know that I am Yahweh.”’”
Yahweh Scatters the Egyptians
20 In the (BG)eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 21 “Son of man, I have (BH)broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold, it has not been (BI)bound up to be given healing [ah]or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to seize the sword. 22 Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am (BJ)against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the (BK)broken; and I will make the sword (BL)fall from his hand. 23 I will (BM)scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands. 24 For I will (BN)strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put (BO)My sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh so that he will groan before him with the groanings of a wounded man. 25 Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he (BP)stretches it out against the land of Egypt. 26 When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am Yahweh.’”
Egypt Will Be Brought Down to Sheol
31 Now it happened in the (BQ)eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his (BR)multitude,
‘To whom do you liken yourself in your greatness?
3 Behold, Assyria was a (BS)cedar in Lebanon
With beautiful branches and forest shade
And (BT)lofty in height,
And its top was among the [ai]clouds.
4 The (BU)waters made it grow; the [aj]deep made it high.
With its rivers it was going all around its planting place
And sent out its conduits to all the trees of the field.
5 Therefore (BV)its height was loftier than all the trees of the field,
And its boughs became many and its branches long
Because of (BW)many waters [ak]as it spread them out.
6 All the (BX)birds of the sky nested in its boughs,
And under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth,
And all great nations lived under its shade.
7 So it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its foliage;
For its [al]roots extended to many waters.
8 The (BY)cedars in (BZ)God’s garden [am]could not match it;
The [an]cypresses [ao]could not liken themselves with its boughs,
And the plane trees were not like its branches.
No tree in (CA)God’s garden [ap]could liken itself with it in its beauty.
9 I made it beautiful with the multitude of its foliage,
And all the trees of (CB)Eden, which were in the (CC)garden of God, were jealous of it.
10 ‘Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Because [aq]it is lofty in height and has put its top among the [ar]clouds, and its (CD)heart is high up in its loftiness, 11 therefore I will give it into the hand of a [as](CE)dominant one of the nations; he will thoroughly deal with it. According to its wickedness I have (CF)driven it away. 12 (CG)Strangers—(CH)ruthless ones of the nations have cut it down and abandoned it; on the (CI)mountains and in all the valleys its foliage have fallen, and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the peoples of the earth have (CJ)gone down from its shade and abandoned it. 13 On its downfall all the (CK)birds of the sky will dwell, and all the beasts of the field will be on its fallen branches 14 so that all the trees by the waters may not be lofty in their height, nor put their top among the [at]clouds, nor their dominant ones—all the [au]well-watered ones—stand in their loftiness. For they have all been given over to death, to the (CL)earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.”
15 ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “On the day when it went down to Sheol I (CM)caused mourning; I covered it with the [av]deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon [aw]mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it. 16 I made the nations (CN)quake at the sound of its downfall when I made it (CO)go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of (CP)Lebanon, all the [ax]well-watered ones, were (CQ)comforted in the earth beneath. 17 They also (CR)went down with it to Sheol to those who were (CS)slain by the sword; and those who were its [ay]strength lived (CT)under its shade among the nations.
18 “To which among the trees of Eden do you thus liken yourself in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the (CU)uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. (CV)So is Pharaoh and all his multitude!”’ declares Lord Yahweh.”
A Lament over Pharaoh and Egypt
32 And it happened in the (CW)twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 2 “Son of man, take up a (CX)lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him,
‘You liken yourself to a young (CY)lion of the nations,
Yet you are like the (CZ)monster in the seas;
And you (DA)burst forth in your rivers
And muddied the waters with your feet
And [az]fouled their rivers.’”
3 Thus says Lord Yahweh,
“So I will (DB)spread My net over you
With an assembly of many peoples,
And they shall bring you up in My net.
4 I will abandon you on the land;
I will hurl you on the [ba]open field.
And I will cause all the (DC)birds of the sky to dwell on you,
And I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth [bb]with you.
5 I will put your flesh (DD)on the mountains
And fill the valleys with your refuse.
6 I will also make the land drink the discharge of your (DE)blood
As far as the mountains,
And the ravines will be full of you.
7 And when I (DF)extinguish you,
I will (DG)cover the heavens and darken their (DH)stars;
I will cover the (DI)sun with a cloud,
And the moon will not give its light.
8 All the shining (DJ)lights in the heavens
I will darken over you
And will give darkness on your land,”
Declares Lord Yahweh.
9 “I will also (DK)vex the hearts of many peoples when I (DL)bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known. 10 I will make many peoples [bc](DM)appalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and (DN)they will tremble every moment, every man for his own life, on the day of your downfall.”
11 For (DO)thus says Lord Yahweh, “The sword of the king of Babylon will come upon you. 12 By the swords of the mighty ones I will cause your multitude to fall; all of them are (DP)ruthless ones of the nations,
And they will (DQ)devastate the lofty pride of Egypt,
And all its multitude will be destroyed.
13 I will also make all its cattle perish from beside many waters;
And (DR)the foot of man will not muddy them anymore,
And the hoofs of beasts will not muddy them.
14 Then I will make their waters settle
And will cause their rivers to [bd]run like oil,”
Declares Lord Yahweh.
15 “When I make the land of Egypt a (DS)desolation,
And the land is desolate of its fullness,
When I strike all those who inhabit it,
Then they shall (DT)know that I am Yahweh.
16 This is a (DU)lamentation, and they shall [be]lament over it. The daughters of the nations shall [bf]lament over it. Over Egypt and over all her multitude they shall [bg]lament over it,” declares Lord Yahweh.
17 Now it happened in the (DV)twelfth year, on the (DW)fifteenth of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 18 “Son of man, (DX)wail for the hordes of Egypt and (DY)bring it down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the (DZ)nether world, with those who go down to the pit;
19 ‘Whom do you surpass in beauty?
Go down and make your bed with the (EA)uncircumcised.’
20 They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain by the sword. [bh]She is given over to the sword; they have (EB)drawn her and all her multitude away. 21 The [bi](EC)dominant among the mighty ones shall speak of him and his helpers from the midst of Sheol, ‘They have gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’
22 “(ED)Assyria is there and all her assembly; [bj]her graves are round about [bk]her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword, 23 whose (EE)graves are put in the remotest parts of the pit, and her assembly is all round about her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword, who put terror in the land of the living.
24 “(EF)Elam is there and all her multitude all around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the (EG)lower parts of the earth, who put their terror in the (EH)land of the living and (EI)bore their dishonor with those who went down to the pit. 25 They have put a (EJ)bed for her among the slain with all her multitude. Her graves are all around it; all of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword (although their terror was put in the land of the living), and they bore their dishonor with those who go down to the pit; [bl]they were put in the midst of the slain.
26 “(EK)Meshech, (EL)Tubal, and all their multitude are there; their graves are all around them. All of them were slain by the sword (EM)uncircumcised, though they put their terror in the land of the living. 27 (EN)Nor do they lie beside the fallen (EO)mighty ones of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war and whose swords were put under their heads; but the punishment for their (EP)iniquity rested on their bones, though the terror of these mighty ones was once in the land of the living. 28 But as for you, in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken and lie with those slain by the sword.
29 “There also is (EQ)Edom, its kings, and all its [bm]princes, who [bn]for all their might are put with those slain by the sword; they will lie with the uncircumcised and with those who go down to the pit.
30 “There also are the [bo]chiefs of the (ER)north, all of them, and all the (ES)Sidonians, who in spite of the terror resulting from their might, in shame went down with the slain. So they lay down uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bore their dishonor with those who go down to the pit.
31 “These Pharaoh will see, and he will be (ET)comforted for all his multitude slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his military force,” declares Lord Yahweh. 32 “Though I put a terror of him in the land of the living, yet he will be made to lie down among the uncircumcised along with those slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his hordes,” declares Lord Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 29:3 Lit tannim
- Ezekiel 29:5 Lit faces of the field
- Ezekiel 29:5 Targum and several mss buried
- Ezekiel 29:7 Some ancient versions hands
- Ezekiel 29:7 Lit stand
- Ezekiel 29:9 Lit he
- Ezekiel 29:10 Or Cush, cf. Gen 10:6
- Ezekiel 29:13 Lit where
- Ezekiel 29:18 Or a great slavery; lit a great service
- Ezekiel 29:18 Or slavery; lit service
- Ezekiel 29:18 Or slaved; lit served
- Ezekiel 29:19 Or multitude
- Ezekiel 29:20 Or slaved; lit served
- Ezekiel 29:21 Lit give you an opening of the mouth
- Ezekiel 30:4 Or Cush, cf. Gen 10:6
- Ezekiel 30:5 Or Cush, cf. Gen 10:6
- Ezekiel 30:5 Or the mixed people
- Ezekiel 30:5 Or Cub
- Ezekiel 30:5 Lit sons
- Ezekiel 30:5 Lit of
- Ezekiel 30:9 Or Cush, cf. Gen 10:6
- Ezekiel 30:13 Or futile ones
- Ezekiel 30:13 Heb Noph
- Ezekiel 30:14 Heb No
- Ezekiel 30:15 Or Pelusium
- Ezekiel 30:15 Heb No
- Ezekiel 30:16 Or Pelusium
- Ezekiel 30:16 Heb No
- Ezekiel 30:16 Heb Noph
- Ezekiel 30:16 Or adversaries
- Ezekiel 30:17 Heb Aven
- Ezekiel 30:17 Lit they
- Ezekiel 30:18 As in many mss and ancient versions; M.T. restrain
- Ezekiel 30:21 Lit to put a bandage, to wrap it
- Ezekiel 31:3 As in Gr; M.T. thick boughs
- Ezekiel 31:4 Subterranean waters
- Ezekiel 31:5 Lit in its sending forth
- Ezekiel 31:7 Lit root was
- Ezekiel 31:8 Lit did
- Ezekiel 31:8 Or Phoenician junipers
- Ezekiel 31:8 Lit did
- Ezekiel 31:8 Lit did
- Ezekiel 31:10 Lit you are
- Ezekiel 31:10 Or thick boughs
- Ezekiel 31:11 Lit ram
- Ezekiel 31:14 Or thick boughs
- Ezekiel 31:14 Lit drinkers of water
- Ezekiel 31:15 Subterranean waters
- Ezekiel 31:15 Lit be darkened
- Ezekiel 31:16 Lit drinkers of water
- Ezekiel 31:17 Lit arm
- Ezekiel 32:2 Lit fouled by stamping
- Ezekiel 32:4 Lit surface of the field
- Ezekiel 32:4 Lit from
- Ezekiel 32:10 Or feel desolate
- Ezekiel 32:14 Lit go, walk
- Ezekiel 32:16 Or chant
- Ezekiel 32:16 Or chant
- Ezekiel 32:16 Or chant
- Ezekiel 32:20 Or The sword is given
- Ezekiel 32:21 Lit rams
- Ezekiel 32:22 Lit his
- Ezekiel 32:22 Lit him
- Ezekiel 32:25 As in ancient versions; M.T. he was
- Ezekiel 32:29 Or leaders
- Ezekiel 32:29 Or in
- Ezekiel 32:30 Or princes
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