Ezekiel Chapter 30

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Introduction: Last week we saw Ezekiel foretelling the destruction of Egypt and a promise of mercy for Israel at end of the chapter. Chapter 30 is a continuation of the prophecy of the previous chapter. Further detail of the judgment of Egypt is provided in verses 1-19. We close the chapter with the prophecy of Jehovah’s personal judgment against Pharaoh.

I. Prophecy Continues Against Egypt

Eze 30:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

Eze 30:2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!

Eze 30:3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

God continues to speak to and through Ezekiel against Egypt. The prophet was ordered to announce a direct message from God to wittness outwardly by wailing and lamenting. Throughout the Scriptures, the day of the Lord usually is eschatological in its implications—that is, it refers to end time events. The prophecy here seems to be the time of God’s judgment against Egypt in Ezekiel’s day.

Eze 30:4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain 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.

Eze 30:5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

When Babylon swept through Egypt, great anxiety swept over neighboring Ethiopia. As news reached Ethiopia of the collapse of Egypt, there was great consternation therein. Though Egypt had recently fought a war with its regional African neighbors, now they all joined in an alliance against the threat of Babylon. That confederation would most certainly fall before the forces of Nebuchadnezzar.

Eze 30:6 Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.

Eze 30:7 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.

Eze 30:8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.

The tower of Syene was in northern Egypt in the Suez region. The armed forces of which they were proud would fall. Egypt and her allies would not stand before Nebuchadnezzar’s army. As Babylon had conquered and destroyed numerous nations of the region, so Egypt would be made desolate like the others.

Some ancient historians estimate that there were over 18,000 towns and villages in Egypt. The text indicates they all were laid waste. The greater thought is how that from the north and southward, Egypt would fall. When God set Egypt and her allies ablaze, Egypt would learn the hard way that Jehovah was God.

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