Orthodox Jewish Bible

Yechezkel 30:7-23 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

7. And they shall be desolate betoch (in the midst of) the countries that are desolate, and her towns shall be in the midst of the towns that are laid waste.

8. And they shall know that I am Hashem, when I have set an eish in Mitzrayim, and when all her allies shall be destroyed.

9. In that day shall malachim go forth from Me in ships to make the complacently secure Ethiopians afraid, and great anguish shall come upon them, as in the Yom Mitzrayim; for, hinei, it cometh.

10. Thus saith Adonoi Hashem; I will also cause the multitude of Mitzrayim to cease by the yad of Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel.

11. He and his army with him, the most terrible of the Goyim, shall be brought in to destroy ha'aretz; and they shall draw their charavot (swords) against Mitzrayim, and fill ha'aretz with the slain.

12. And I will make the river channels dry, and sell ha'aretz to the yad ra'im; I will make eretz desolate, and all that is therein, by the yad of zarim. I Hashem have spoken it.

13. Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: I will also destroy the gillulim (idols), and I will cause their elilim (images, false g-ds) to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a nasi of Eretz Mitzrayim; and I will put fear in Eretz Mitzrayim.

14. And I will make Patros desolate, and will kindle eish, setting fire to Tzoan, and will execute shefatim (judgments, punishments) in No.

15. And I will pour My fury upon Siyn, the ma'oz (stronghold) of Mitzrayim; and I will cut off the multitude of No.

16. And I will kindle eish, setting fire to Mitzrayim; Siyn shall writhe in anguish, and No shall be breached, and Noph shall be taken by storm in broad daylight.

17. The bochurim of On and of Pi-veset shall fall by the cherev; and these towns shall go into captivity.

18. At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Mitzrayim; and the ga'on (pride) of her strength shall cease in her; as for her, an anan (a cloud) shall cover her, and her banot shall go into captivity.

19. Thus will I execute shefatim (judgments) in Mitzrayim; and they shall know that I am Hashem.

20. And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the Devar Hashem came unto me, saying,

21. Ben adam, I have broken the zero'a of Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim; and, hinei, it shall not be bound up to bring refu'ot (healing), nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong to hold the cherev.

22. Therefore thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Hinei, I am against Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim, and will break his zero'ot (arms), the chazakah (strong), and that which was broken; and I will cause the cherev to fall out of his yad.

23. And I will scatter Mitzrayim among the Goyim, and will disperse them through the countries.