A Lament for Egypt
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Isa 13:6Ezk 21:12Isa 15:2Jol 1:11Jol 1:5Isa 14:31Isa 16:7Isa 23:1
Wail, ‘Alas
for that day!’
For the day is near, Oba 1:15Jol 2:1-2Ezk 30:18Ezk 34:12Ezk 7:12Ezk 7:7Isa 24:21-23Jol 1:15
the Day of the LORD is near.
It will be a day of clouds,
a time of doom for the nations. 1
A sword will come against Egypt, Ezk 29:19Ezk 29:8Exo 15:14-16Ezk 29:12Ezk 30:9-10Isa 16:7Isa 19:16-17Isa 19:2
and there will be anguish in Cush 2
when the slain fall in Egypt,
its wealth is taken away,
and its foundations are torn down.
Cush, Put, and Lud, 3 Jer 25:20Ezk 27:10Jer 25:24Isa 18:1Isa 20:4Jer 44:27Jer 46:9Jer 50:37
and all the various peoples,
as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land,
will fall with Egypt by the sword.
For this is what the LORD says: Ezk 29:10Isa 20:3-6Isa 31:3Job 9:13Nam 3:9
The allies of Egypt will fall,
and her proud strength will collapse.
From Migdol to Syene 4
they will fall by the sword within her,
declares the Lord GOD.
They will be desolate among desolate lands, Ezk 29:12Jer 25:18-26Ezk 32:18-32Jer 46:1-28
and their cities will lie among ruined cities.
Then they will know that I am the LORD Ezk 29:6Amo 1:10Amo 1:12Amo 1:14Amo 1:4Amo 1:7Ezk 22:31Ezk 29:16
when I set fire to Egypt
and all her helpers are shattered.
On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. 5 For it is indeed coming. Isa 18:1-2Ezk 32:9-10Isa 23:5Amo 4:2Ezk 26:16Ezk 27:35Ezk 30:4-6Ezk 33:33
This is what the Lord GOD says: Ezk 29:19Ezk 29:4-5Ezk 30:24-25Ezk 32:11-16
I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
He and his people with him, Ezk 28:7Deu 28:50Ezk 31:12Ezk 32:12Ezk 35:8Ezk 39:11-20Ezk 39:4Hab 1:6-9
the most ruthless of the nations,
will be brought in to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.
I will make the streams dry up Ezk 29:31Co 10:26Ezk 28:10Ezk 29:9-10Ezk 31:12Isa 19:4-10Isa 44:27Jdg 2:14
and sell the land to the wicked.
By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation
upon the land and everything in it.
I, the LORD, have spoken.
This is what the Lord GOD says: Zec 10:11Jer 2:16Jer 46:14Exo 12:12Ezk 29:14-15Hos 9:6Isa 19:1-16Jer 43:12
I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in Memphis. 6
There will no longer be a prince in Egypt,
and I will instill fear in that land.
I will lay waste Pathros, Ezk 29:14Jer 46:25Psa 78:12Psa 78:43Isa 19:11Nam 3:8Num 13:22Isa 11:11
set fire to Zoan,
and execute judgment on Thebes. 7
I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, 8 Nam 1:6Psa 11:6Rev 16:1
the stronghold of Egypt,
and cut off the crowds of Thebes.
I will set fire to Egypt, Ezk 28:18Ezk 30:8-9
Pelusium will writhe in anguish,
Thebes will be split open,
and Memphis will face daily distress.
The young men of On and Pi-beseth 9 Gen 41:45
will fall by the sword,
and those cities will go into captivity.
The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes Ezk 30:3Ezk 29:15Isa 10:27Jer 2:16Exo 10:15Ezk 31:18Ezk 32:18-32Isa 13:10
when I break the yoke of Egypt
and her proud strength comes to an end.
A cloud will cover her,
and her daughters will go into captivity.
So I will execute judgment on Egypt, Ezk 30:14Rev 17:1Ezk 25:11Ezk 5:15Ezk 5:8Num 33:4Psa 9:16Rom 2:5
and they will know that I am the LORD.”
Pharaoh’s Power Broken
In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Ezk 26:1Ezk 29:17Ezk 29:1Ezk 1:2Ezk 31:1 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword. Jer 30:13Jer 46:11Jer 48:25Psa 37:17Ezk 30:24Psa 10:15Isa 1:6Jer 51:8-9
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand. Psa 37:172Ki 24:7Ezk 29:3Jer 37:7Ezk 34:16Jer 46:1-12Jer 46:21-25 I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Ezk 30:17-18Ezk 30:26Ezk 29:12-13
I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man. Ezk 30:25Zep 2:12Isa 45:1Isa 45:5Neh 6:9Deu 32:41-42Ezk 26:15Ezk 30:10 I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Ezk 29:16Ezk 29:21Ezk 30:19Ezk 30:26Ezk 32:15Ezk 38:16Ezk 38:23Ezk 39:21-22
Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt. I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.” Dan 11:42Ezk 29:12Ezk 30:17-18Ezk 30:23Ezk 6:13