{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/ezekiel/30","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T05:11:32.745Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Ezekiel","bookSlug":"ezekiel","chapter":30,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":29,"nextChapter":31,"totalChapters":48,"totalVerses":26},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Son of man prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Howl ye, Woe, woe to the day: "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the day is near, yea the day of the Lord is near: a cloudy day, it shall be the time of the nations. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And the sword shall come upon Egypt: and there shall be dread in Ethiopia, when the wounded shall fall in Egypt, and the multitude thereof shall be taken away, and the foundations thereof shall be destroyed. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the rest of the crowd, and Chub, and the children of the land of the covenant, shall fall with them by the sword. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Thus saith the Lord God: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall, and the pride of her empire shall be brought down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord the God of hosts. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And they shall be desolate in the midst of the lands that are desolate, and the cities thereof shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And they shall know that I am the Lord: when I shall have set a fire in Egypt, and all the helpers thereof shall be destroyed. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"In that day shall messengers go forth from my face in ships to destroy the confidence of Ethiopia, and there shall be dread among them in the day of Egypt: because it shall certainly come. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thus saith the Lord God : I will make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He and his people with him, the strongest of nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords upon Egypt: and shall fill the land with the slain. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And I will make the channels of the rivers dry, and will deliver the land into the hand of the wicked: and will lay waste the land and all that is therein by the hands of strangers, I the Lord have spoken it. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thus saith the Lord God: I will also destroy the idols, and I will make an end of the idols of Memphis: and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will cause a terror in the land of Egypt. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And I will destroy the land of Phatures, and will make a fire in Taphnis, and will execute judgments in Alexandria. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And I will pour out my indignation upon Pelusium the strength of Egypt, and will cut off the multitude of Alexandria. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And I will make a fire in Egypt: Pelusium shall be in pain like a woman in labour, and Alexandria shall be laid waste, and in Memphis there shall be daily distresses. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The young men of Heliopolis, and of Bubastus shall fall by the sword, and they themselves shall go into captivity. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And in Taphnis the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the sceptres of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her: a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall be led into captivity. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And I will execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying: "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharao king of Egypt: and behold it is not bound up, to be healed, to be tied up with clothes, and swathed with linen, that it might recover strength, and hold the sword. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against Pharao king of Egypt, and I will break into pieces his strong arm, which is already broken: and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand: "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and scatter them through the countries. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and will put my sword in his hand: and I will break the arms of Pharao, and they shall groan bitterly being slain before his face. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharao shall fall: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have given my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall have stretched it forth upon the land of Egypt. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and will scatter them through the countries, and they shall know that I am the Lord. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Ezekiel 30 (DRB)","markdown":"[Ezekiel 30](https://primebible.com/drb/ezekiel/30)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/ezekiel/30 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}