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title = "Ezekiel 30:1–19"
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date = "2023-05-26"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel30.1-19)
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This lament is a parallel to the one give over Tyre in chapter 27. The Lord
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gives warning that Egypt's doom is close at hand, and its neighbors are going
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to fall with it. A sword and fire will come upon northern Africa from Arabia to
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Libya, from Egypt down to Ethiopia (known as Cush then).
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The wealth and security that being Egypt's neighbor will no longer be available
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for Nebuchadnezzar will sieze and shatter it. In addition, the Lord will dry up
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the Nile River, the lifeblood of the region. The famous and varied idols and
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images of Egypt's religion will be broken.
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Several prominent cities in Egypt are given more specific descriptions of the
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doom that is coming for the nation as a whole. There may be subtle word play or
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references to attributes of those cities, but I'm not enough of a scholar to go
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looking for them. Instead, we can be sure that it is the Lord who brought these
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things about to the Egyptians for the purpose of declaring His holiness to the
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nations.
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* * *
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All rebellion against Your rule will fail, even if it takes thousands of years.
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