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Ezequiel 30

ARC · Chapter 30/48

1E veiu a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:

2Filho do homem, prophetiza, e dize: Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Uivae: Ah! aquelle dia!

3Porque já está perto o dia, já está perto, digo, o dia do Senhor: dia nublado: o tempo dos gentios será.

4E espada virá ao Egypto, e haverá grande dôr na Ethiopia, quando cairem os traspassados no Egypto; e tomarão a sua multidão, e quebrar-se-hão os seus fundamentos.

5Ethiopia, e Put, e Lud, e toda a mistura de gente, e Cub, e os filhos da terra do concerto, com elles cairão á espada.

6Assim diz o Senhor: Tambem cairão os que o Egypto sustem, e descerá a soberba de seu poder: desde a torre de Sevene n'elle cairão á espada, diz o Senhor Jehovah.

7E serão assolados no meio das terras assoladas; e as suas cidades estarão no meio das cidades desertas.

8E saberão que eu sou o Senhor, quando eu puzer fogo ao Egypto, e forem quebrados todos os que lhe davam auxilio.

9N'aquelle dia sairão mensageiros de diante de mim em navios, para espantarem a Ethiopia descuidada; e haverá n'elles grandes dôres, como no dia do Egypto; porque, eis que já vem

10Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Eu pois farei cessar a multidão do Egypto, por mão de Nabucodonozor, rei de Babylonia.

11Elle e o seu povo com elle, os mais formidaveis das nações, serão levados para destruirem a terra; e desembainharão as suas espadas contra o Egypto, e encherão a terra de traspassados.

12E os rios farei seccos, e venderei a terra á mão dos maus, e assolarei a terra e a sua plenitude pela mão dos estranhos; eu, o Senhor, o fallei.

13Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Tambem destruirei os idolos, e farei cessar as imagens de Noph: e não haverá mais um principe da terra do Egypto; e porei o temor na terra do Egypto.

14E assolarei a Pathros, e porei fogo a Zoan, e executarei juizos em No.

15E derramarei o meu furor sobre Sin, a força do Egypto, e exterminarei a multidão de No.

16E porei fogo no Egypto; Sin terá grande dôr, e No será fendida, e Noph terá angustias quotidianas.

17Os mancebos de Aven e Pibeseth cairão á espada, e as moças irão em captiveiro.

18E em Tahpanes se escurecerá o dia, quando eu quebrar ali os jugos do Egypto, e n'ella cessar a soberba da sua força: uma nuvem a cobrirá, e suas filhas irão em captiveiro.

19Assim executarei juizos no Egypto, e saberão que eu sou o Senhor.

20E succedeu que, no anno undecimo, no mez primeiro, aos sete do mez, veiu a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:

21Filho do homem, eu quebrei o braço de Pharaó, rei do Egypto, e eis que não será atado com emplastos, nem lhe porão uma ligadura para o atar, para o esforçar, para que pegue na espada.

22Portanto assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Eis que eu estou contra Pharaó, rei do Egypto, e quebrarei os seus braços, assim o forte como o quebrado, e farei cair da sua mão a espada.

23E espalharei os egypcios entre as nações, e os espalharei pelas terras.

24E esforçarei os braços do rei de Babylonia, e darei a minha espada na sua mão; porém quebrarei os braços de Pharaó, e diante d'elle gemerá como geme o traspassado.

25Esforçarei, digo, os braços do rei de Babylonia, mas os braços de Pharaó cairão; e saberão que eu sou o Senhor, quando eu metter a minha espada na mão do rei de Babylonia, e elle a estender sobre a terra do Egypto

26E espalharei os egypcios entre as nações, e os espalharei pelas terras: assim saberão que eu sou o Senhor.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

A lament announces 'the day of the Lord' coming upon Egypt and its allies, with the fall of its cities and idols, and the breaking of Pharaoh's arm at the hands of the king of Babylon.

Explanation

The expression 'day of the Lord' appears in several prophets to describe moments of decisive divine intervention in judging the nations, not only one single final future event. The list of Egyptian cities mentioned (Zoan, No, Sin, Pi-beseth) shows detailed geographical knowledge of Egypt, suggesting that Ezekiel or his audience had real access to information about the region. The image of 'breaking the arm' of Pharaoh symbolizes the loss of military and political power, fulfilled when Nebuchadnezzar did indeed invade and weaken Egypt in the following decades.

Fun facts

  • 'No,' mentioned in the text, is the city the Greeks called Thebes, one of the most important religious capitals of ancient Egypt, home to the great temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak.
  • Egyptian and Babylonian records, including fragments of Babylonian chronicles discovered in the twentieth century, confirm that Nebuchadnezzar did indeed invade Egypt around 568-567 B.C., within the timeframe foretold by the prophecy.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Ezequiel 30:1The formula that opens a new section within the oracles against Egypt, now built around the theme of the ‘day of the Lord’ — a decisive moment of judgment.
  2. Ezequiel 30:2‘The day of the Lord’ is an expression that appears in several prophets for the decisive moment of judgment — here it is applied to Egypt, showing that this formula was not exclusive to Israel, it applied to the nations too.
  3. Ezequiel 30:3‘The day of the Lord’ was a common expression among the prophets for a decisive moment of judgment; here it is applied specifically to Egypt and to those who depend on it.
  4. Ezequiel 30:4Egypt’s fall would also strike Ethiopia (Cush), its southern neighbor and ally, which would suffer pain alongside it when the country fell.
  5. Ezequiel 30:5A list of Egypt’s allies and mercenaries who would fall with it: Put and Lud, in North Africa, and other peoples tied to it — Egypt’s fall would drag down this entire network.
  6. Ezequiel 30:6‘They that uphold Egypt’ are its supporters, who would fall along with it; the devastation stretches from Syene in the far south, covering the whole country.
  7. Ezequiel 30:7It repeats an image already used for other nations in the book: the Egyptian cities would be left desolate like other cities already devastated before them.
  8. Ezequiel 30:8The fire in Egypt and the fall of its allies would serve to prove who the Lord is — the same refrain repeated throughout this whole block of oracles.
  9. Ezequiel 30:9Messengers in ships carry the news to Ethiopia, spreading panic among distant allies who had not yet been struck directly.
  10. Ezequiel 30:10It explicitly names Nebuchadnezzar as the chosen instrument to put an end to Egypt’s military power and population.
  11. Ezequiel 30:11The Babylonian army is called ‘the terrible of the nations,’ the same kind of description used earlier for the instrument of judgment against Tyre.
  12. Ezequiel 30:12Dry rivers and land handed over to foreigners invert Egypt’s very reason for being, a country that had always depended on the Nile’s abundant water.
  13. Ezequiel 30:13The destruction of the idols of Noph, the city of Memphis, strikes directly at the Egyptian religious center, showing that the political fall would come together with the fall of the gods supposedly protecting the country.
  14. Ezequiel 30:14A list of specific Egyptian cities struck: Pathros (Upper Egypt), Zoan (a royal city in the delta), and No (Thebes, an important religious center in the south).
  15. Ezequiel 30:15Sin, probably an eastern border fortress, is called ‘the strength of Egypt’ for its strategic position defending against invaders.
  16. Ezequiel 30:16It repeats the devastation of the same cities in more detail: No is torn in two and Noph lives in daily anguish, reinforcing the scale of the disaster.
  17. Ezequiel 30:17Aven (a center of sun worship) and Pibeseth lose their young men in the war, while the women are led away into captivity.
  18. Ezequiel 30:18Tehaphnehes, a city on the northeastern border, is also struck; ‘the day shall be darkened’ is language for total catastrophe, like an eclipse of ordinary life.
  19. Ezequiel 30:19It closes the list of judged Egyptian cities with the same refrain of recognition that appears throughout the whole oracle.
  20. Ezequiel 30:20‘I have broken the arm of Pharaoh’ is an image of destroyed military power — a broken arm could no longer hold any sword, a direct way of announcing the end of Egypt’s ability to wage war.
  21. Ezequiel 30:21‘Breaking the arm’ of Pharaoh is a military metaphor for the loss of fighting strength — a broken arm left untreated never holds a sword again.
  22. Ezequiel 30:22God breaks both of Pharaoh’s arms, the strong one and the one already injured, reinforcing that no Egyptian military strength would remain after this.
  23. Ezequiel 30:23It repeats the theme of the Egyptians’ dispersal among the nations, the same fate already announced in the previous chapter.
  24. Ezequiel 30:24A direct contrast between the two empires: while Pharaoh’s arm is broken, the arm of the king of Babylon is strengthened with the Lord’s own sword.
  25. Ezequiel 30:25It reinforces the same contrast: it would be by means of this sword given to Babylon that Egypt would end up conquered.
  26. Ezequiel 30:26It repeats the final refrain of the Egyptians’ dispersal, closing the chapter with the same formula of recognition used throughout the book.

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