Ezekiel 30:14 - Easy To Read Version I will make Pathros empty.\par I will start a fire in Zoan.\par I will punish No,\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I will make Pathros desolate and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments and punishments upon No or Thebes. American Standard Version (1901) And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments upon No. Common English Bible I will turn Pathros into a desolation, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgments in Thebes. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will destroy the land of Pathros, and I will send a fire upon Tahpanhes, and I will execute judgments in Alexandria. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will destroy the land of Phatures, and will make a fire in Taphnis, and will execute judgments in Alexandria. |
They forgot the miracles in Egypt,\par the miracles in the fields of Zoan.\par
At that time, my Master (God) will again reach out and take his people that are left. This will be the second time God has done this. \{(These are God’s people that are left in countries like Assyria, North Egypt, South Egypt, Ethiopia, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and all the faraway countries around the world.)
“The leaders of the city Zoan are fools. Pharaoh’s ‘wise advisers’ give wrong advice. Those leaders say they are wise. They say they are from the old family of the kings. But they are not wise like they think.”
The leaders of Zoan have been fooled. The leaders of Noph have believed false things. So the leaders lead Egypt the wrong way.
Your leaders have gone to Zoan {\cf2\super [273]} and your ambassadors have gone to Hanes. {\cf2\super [274]}
Jeremiah received a message from the Lord. This message was for all the people of Judah living in Egypt. The message was for the people of Judah living in the towns of Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and southern Egypt. This was the message:
Many of the women of Judah that lived in Egypt were making sacrifices to other gods. Their husbands knew it, but didn’t stop them. There was a large group of people of Judah meeting together. They were the people of Judah that were living in southern Egypt. The husbands of those women that were making sacrifices to other gods said to Jeremiah,
The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: “Very soon I will punish Amon, {\cf2\super [369]} the god of Thebes. And I will punish Pharaoh, Egypt, and her gods. I will punish the kings of Egypt. And I will punish the people that depend on Pharaoh.
I will bring back the Egyptian captives. I will bring back the Egyptians to the land of Pathros, to the land where they were born. But their kingdom won’t be important.
So the Lord my Master says these things, “I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. And Nebuchadnezzar will carry away Egypt’s people. Nebuchadnezzar will take the many valuable things in Egypt. This will be the pay for Nebuchadnezzar’s army.
And I will pour out my anger against Sin,\par the fortress {\cf2\super [248]} of Egypt!\par I will destroy the people of No.\par
I will start a fire in Egypt;\par The city named Sin will ache with fear.\par The soldiers will break into the city No,\par and Memphis will have new troubles\par every day.\par
I will start a fire in Egypt,\par and all her helpers will be destroyed.\par Then they will know that I am the Lord!\par
Nineveh, are you better than Thebes {\cf2\super [8]} on the Nile River? No! Thebes also had water all around her. Thebes used the water to protect herself from enemies. She used that water like a wall too!
They entered the country through the Negev [172] and went to Hebron. (The town of Hebron was built seven years before the town of Zoan in Egypt.) Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai lived there. These men were descendants [173] of Anak.