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Apoteichisis

The Old Testament

Ezekiel 30

ΙΕΖΕΚΙΗΛ · 30

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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord; Woe, woe worth the day!

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For the day of the Lord is nigh, a day of cloud; it shall be the end of the nations.

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And a sword shall come upon the Egyptians, and there shall be tumult in Ethiopia, and in Egypt men shall fall down slain together, and her foundations shall fall.

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Persians, and Cretans, and Lydians, and Libyans, and all the mixed multitude, and they of the children of my covenant, shall fall by the sword therein.

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And the supports of Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her strength shall come down from Magdol to Syene: they shall fall by the sword in it, saith the Lord.

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And it shall be made desolate in the midst of desolate countries, and their cities shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate cities:

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and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall send fire upon Egypt, and when all that help her shall be broken.

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In that day shall messengers go forth hasting to destroy Ethiopia utterly, and there shall be tumult among them in the day of Egypt: for, behold, it comes.

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Thus saith the Lord God; I will also destroy the multitude of the Egyptians by the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon,

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his hand and his people's; they are plagues sent forth from the nations to destroy the land: and they all shall unsheath their swords against Egypt, and the land shall be filled with slain.

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And I will make their rivers desolate, and will destroy the land and the fulness of it by the hands of strangers: I the Lord have spoken.

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For thus saith the Lord God; I will also destroy the nobles from Memphis, and the princes of Memphis out of the land of Egypt; and they shall be no more.

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And I will destroy the land of Phathore, and will send fire upon Tanis, and will execute vengeance on Diospolis.

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And I will pour out my wrath upon Sais the strength of Egypt, and will destroy the multitude of Memphis.

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And I will send fire upon Egypt; and Syene shall be sorely troubled; and there shall be a breaking in Diospolis, and waters shall be poured out.

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The youths of Heliopolis and Bubastum shall fall by the sword, and the women shall go into captivity.

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And the day shall be darkened in Taphnæ, when I have broken there the sceptres of Egypt: and the pride of her strength shall perish there: and a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall be taken prisoners.

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And I will execute judgment on Egypt; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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Son of man, I have broken the arms of Pharao, king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up to be healed, to have a plaster put upon it, or to be strengthened to lay hold of the sword.

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Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against Pharao king of Egypt, and I will break his strong and outstretched arms, and will smite down his sword out of his hand.

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And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations, and will utterly scatter them among the countries.

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And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword into his hand: and he shall bring it upon Egypt, and shall take her plunder and seize her spoils.

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Yea, I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharao shall fail: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have put my sword into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out over the land of Egypt.

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And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations, and utterly scatter them among the countries; and they all shall know that I am the Lord.

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