The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,
Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Wail ye, Alas for the day!
For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in {Hebrew: Cush.}Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
{Hebrew: Cush.}Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of {Or, the land of the covenant}the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
Thus saith Jehovah: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: {Or, from Migdol to Syene}from the tower of Seveneh shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah.
And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are {Hebrew: broken.}destroyed.
In that day shall messengers go forth from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid; and there shall be anguish upon them, as in the day of Egypt; for, lo, it cometh.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
And I will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men; and I will make the land desolate, and {Hebrew: the fullness thereof.}all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the {Or, things of nought See Psalm 96:5.}images to cease from Memphis; and there shall be no more a prince from the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments upon No.
And I will pour my wrath upon Sin, the stronghold of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
And I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis shall have adversaries {Or, all the day}in the day-time.
The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword; and these cities shall go into captivity.
At Tehaphnehes also the day shall {Another reading is, be dark.}withdraw itself, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
Thus will I execute judgments upon Egypt; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up, to apply healing medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword.
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong arm, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
And 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 shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Querverweise zu Hesekiel 30,9 Hes 30,9
{Hebrew: Cush.}Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of {Or, the land of the covenant}the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
and thou shalt say, I will go up to {Or, an open country}the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;
And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in {Hebrew: Cush.}Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
And when this cometh to pass, (behold, it cometh,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
Thus saith Jehovah: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: {Or, from Migdol to Syene}from the tower of Seveneh shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah.
And I will send a fire on Magog, and on them that dwell securely in the {Or, coast-lands}isles; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with {Hebrew: tremblings.}trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at thee.
The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks.
Ah, the land {Or, shadowing with wings}of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of {Hebrew: Cush.}Ethiopia;
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing {Hebrew: power of restraint.}authority, {Or, that might do any hurt}that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.
All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their countenance.
that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, {Or, and}even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation {Or, dragged away and peeled}tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation {Or, meted out and trodden down Hebrew: of line, line, and of treading down.}that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers {Or, have despoiled}divide!
Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye {Hebrew: confident.}careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
{Or, After a year and days Hebrew: Days above a year.}For days beyond a year shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and {Or, put a girdle upon}gird sackcloth upon your loins.
I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
And Jehovah said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot {Or, to be for three years a sign &c.}three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning {Hebrew: Cush.}Ethiopia;
Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that {Or, dwellest}sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
Yea, I will make many peoples amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Arise, get you up unto a nation that is at ease, that dwelleth without care, saith Jehovah; that have neither gates nor bars, that dwell alone.
And the land of Judah shall become a terror unto Egypt; {Or, every one that maketh mention thereof, to him shall they turn in fear}every one to whom mention is made thereof shall be afraid, because of the purpose of Jehovah of hosts, which he purposeth against it.
Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
This is the joyous city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
{Or, As at the report concerning Egypt, so &c.}When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
The earth trembleth at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea.
Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the {Or, glorious}goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the {Or, fortified}strong forest is come down.
A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.