{"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/erv/ezekiel/30","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-28T03:15:45.877Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Ezekiel","bookSlug":"ezekiel","chapter":30,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":29,"nextChapter":31,"totalChapters":48,"totalVerses":26},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Howl ye, Woe worth the day!"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a day of clouds; it shall be the time of the heathen."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Thus saith the LORD: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall, and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Seveneh shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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 all that is therein, by the hand 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 cause the images to cease from Noph; and there shall be no more a prince out of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strong hold of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up: and Noph shall have adversaries in the day time."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"At Tehaphnehes also the day shall 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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Thus will I 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 unto me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"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 roller to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"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 the LORD, 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."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ezekiel 30 (ERV)","markdown":"[Ezekiel 30](https://primebible.com/erv/ezekiel/30)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/ezekiel/30 (accessed 2026-05-28)."}}