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Ezequiel 30

BLIVRE · Chapter 30/48

1E veio a mim a palavra do SENHOR, dizendo:

2Filho do homem, profetiza, e dize: Assim diz o Senhor DEUS: Gritai: Ai daquele dia!

3Porque perto está o dia, perto está o dia do Senhor; dia de nuvens; será o tempo das nações.

4E a espada virá ao Egito, e haverá grande dor em Cuxe, quando caírem os mortos no Egito; e tomarão sua multidão, e serão destruídos seus fundamentos.

5Cuxe, Pute, Lude, e todo o povo misturado, e Cube, e os filhos da terra do pacto cairão com eles à espada.

6Assim diz o SENHOR: Também cairão os que sustentam ao Egito, e a soberba de sua força irá abaixo; desde Migdol e Sevene cairão nele à espada, diz o Senhor DEUS.

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

8E saberão que eu sou o SENHOR, quando puser fogo ao Egito, e forem destruídos todos os que o ajudavam.

9Naquele dia sairão de diante de mim mensageiros em navios, para espantarem a confiante Cuxe, e haverá grandes dores neles, como no dia do Egito; porque eis que está vindo.

10Assim diz o Senhor DEUS: Farei cessar a multidão do Egito pela mão de Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia.

11Ele, e com ele seu povo, os mais terríveis das nações, serão trazidos para destruir a terra; e desembainharão suas espadas contra o Egito, e encherão a terra de mortos.

12E secarei os rios, entregarei a terra em mãos de malignos, e destruirei a terra e tudo o que ela contém pela mão de estrangeiros; eu, o SENHOR falei.

13Assim diz o Senhor DEUS: Também destruirei aos ídolos, e darei fim às imagens idolátricas de Mênfis; não haverá mais príncipe da terra do Egito, e porei medo na terra do Egito.

14E desolarei a Patros, porei fogo a Zoã, e farei juízos em Nô.

15E derramarei minha ira sobre Pelúsio, a fortaleza do Egito, e exterminarei a multidão de Nô.

16E porei fogo ao Egito; Pelúsio terá grande dor, Nô será destroçada, e Mênfis terá angústias contínuas.

17Os rapazes de Áven e de Pibesete cairão à espada; e elas irão em cativeiro.

18E em Tafnes o dia se escurecerá, quando eu quebrar ali o jugo do Egito, e nela cessar a soberba de sua força; uma nuvem a cobrirá, e suas filhas irão em cativeiro.

19Pois farei julgamentos no Egito, e saberão que eu sou o SENHOR.

20E sucedeu no décimo primeiro ano, no primeiro [mês] , aos sete do mês, que veio a mim a palavra do SENHOR, dizendo:

21Filho do homem, quebrei o braço de Faraó, rei do Egito; e eis que não será enfaixado com remédios, nem lhe porão faixa para o envolver, a fim de curá-lo para que possa segurar espada.

22Portanto, assim diz o Senhor DEUS: Eis que sou contra Faraó, rei do Egito, e quebrarei seus braços, tanto o forte como o quebrado; e farei cair a espada de sua mão.

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

24E fortalecerei os braços do rei da Babilônia, e porei minha espada em sua mão; porém quebrarei os braços de Faraó, e diante dele gemerá com gemidos de ferido de morte.

25Fortalecerei, pois, os braços do rei de Babilônia, enquanto que os braços de Faraó cairão; e saberão que eu sou o SENHOR, quando eu tiver posto minha espada na mão do rei da Babilônia, e ele a estender sobre a terra do Egito.

26E espalharei os egípcios entre as nações, e os dispersarei 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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