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In this chapter we have, I. A continuation of the prophecy against Egypt, which we had in the latter part of the foregoing chapter, just before the desolation of that once flourishing kingdom was completed by Nebuchadnezzar, in which is foretold the destruction of all her allies and confederates, all her interests and concerns, and the several steps which the king of Babylon should take in pushing on this destruction, Eze 30:1-19. II. A repetition of a former prophecy against Egypt, just before the desolation of it begun by their own bad conduct, which gradually weakened them and prepared the way for the king of Babylon, Eze 30:20-26. It is all much to the same purport with what we had before.
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Prophecy against Egypt; Destruction of Egypt Foretold (572 BC)
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攻击埃及的预言；预言埃及的毁灭（公元前572年）
¹ 耶和华的话又临到我说：
² 「人子啊，你要说预言，说：主耶和华如此说：哀号吧！祸哉这日！
³ 因为日子临近，耶和华的日子临近，是密云之日，是列国受罚的时候。
⁴ 必有刀剑临到埃及，埃及被杀之人仆倒时，古实人必有痛苦；她的群众必被掳去，根基必被拆毁。
⁵ 古实人、弗人、路德人、一切杂族的人和古巴人，以及同盟之地的众人，必与他们一同倒在刀下。
⁶ 耶和华如此说：扶助埃及的必倾覆；她傲然的能力必降为卑；从色弗尼的楼台起，他们必在其中倒在刀下。这是主耶和华说的。
⁷ 埃及必在荒凉的列国中成为荒凉，她的城邑必在荒废的城邑中变为荒废。
⁸ 我在埃及中使火着起，帮助她的一切人被灭尽时，他们就知道我是耶和华。
⁹ 「当那日，我必差遣使者坐船出去，使无忧无虑的古实人惊惧；必有痛苦临到他们，好像埃及的日子一样；看哪，这事临近了。
¹⁰ 「主耶和华如此说：我必借巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手，使埃及的群众止息。
¹¹ 他和他的百姓，就是列国中可怖的人，必被带来毁灭这地；他们必拔刀攻击埃及，使遍地满了被杀的人。
¹² 我必使江河干涸，将地卖在恶人手中；我必借外邦人的手，使地和其中所有的变为荒废。这是我耶和华说的。
¹³ 「主耶和华如此说：我必毁灭偶像，从挪弗除掉神像；埃及地必不再有君王；我必使惧怕临到埃及地。
¹⁴ 我必使巴忒罗斯荒凉，在琐安点火，在挪施行审判。
¹⁵ 我必将我的忿怒倾倒在训，就是埃及的保障；又必剪除挪的群众。
¹⁶ 我必在埃及中点火；训必有痛苦，挪必被裂开，挪弗每日都有急难。
¹⁷ 亚文的少年人和比伯实少年人必倒在刀下；这些城必被掳去。
¹⁸ 答比匿日头也必昏暗，因我在那里折断埃及的轭；她傲然的能力必止息；云彩必遮盖她，她的女儿必被掳去。
¹⁹ 我必这样在埃及施行审判，他们就知道我是耶和华。」
关于埃及毁灭的预言在此极其详尽，且总体而言极其可畏。当公义的神出来与触怒祂的百姓相争之时，有什么能保护他们呢？
一、这将是一场极可悲的毁灭，要引起极大的哀伤（结30:2、3）：「哀号吧」；如今它临近了，你们理当呼叫，因为到它来到之时，你们必被迫呼叫，发出可怕的喊声。「祸哉这日！」或作「哀哉这日！为这日哀叹！」那可畏之日！祸哉，哀哉！「因为日子临近」，就是我们长久所惧怕、长久所当受的日子。那是「耶和华的日子」，是祂显明自己是报应之神的日。你们如今有你们的日子，凡事遂意，践踏周围一切；但神不久也必有祂的日子，就是祂显明公义审判的日子（诗37:13）。那将是「密云之日」，就是幽暗阴沉之日，毫无安慰之光透出；又预示风暴——「火、硫磺和可畏的暴风」。「是列国受罚的时候」，就是为列国一切异教的恶习向他们清算的时候，也就是大卫所说，神要「将祂的忿怒倾倒在外邦」之时（诗79:6），他们「都沉沦」之时（诗9:15）。
二、这将是以色列的毁灭，也是一切与她结盟、与她相邻的邦国与疆域的毁灭。1. 埃及本身要倾覆（结30:4）：「刀剑必临到埃及」，就是迦勒底人的刀剑，且是得胜的刀剑，因为「被杀之人必倒在埃及」，被它所杀，仆倒在它面前。国家人口众多吗？「她的群众必被掳去」。她强盛根基稳固吗？「她的根基必被拆毁」，此后那建筑无论建造得多么华美，多么高大，自然就要倒塌。2. 她的邻邦与同居之国也要与她一同倾覆。被杀的人在埃及如此稠密仆倒，「古实人必有痛苦」——既包括非洲一侧邻近埃及的古实，也包括另一侧亚洲邻近它的古实。邻舍房屋失火，自己的岂能不以为危？他们的惧怕也不是无的放矢，因为他们必都「与他们一同倒在刀下」（结30:5）。「古实和弗」（希伯来文是古实和弗，是含的两个儿子，在两者之间又有麦西，即埃及，创10:6），「路德人」（以善射著名，被认为是埃及的盟邦，耶46:9），他们要与埃及和「古巴」（迦勒底人，内陆利比亚的居民）一同仆倒；这些及其他乃是「杂族的人」；这些人中，有出于各国因种种缘故侨居埃及的，也有「同盟之地的众人」——就是以色列人和犹大人中剩下的人，就是「立约之子」（徒3:25），「应许之子」（加4:28）。这些人违背神的命令侨居埃及，必与他们一同仆倒。注意，凡甘愿与神的仇敌同命运的人，也必与他们同命运，即使他们在名义上是「与神立约之地的众人」。
三、一切妄图支撑埃及衰残势力的人，必与她一同倾倒（结30:6）：「扶助埃及的必倾覆」，埃及自然也就倾覆。请看神的公义；埃及从前在耶路撒冷摇摇欲坠之时，假装扶持它，却是欺哄人的苇杖；如今那些假装扶持埃及的，也好不到哪里去。欺骗人的，通常被以同样手段回报；自己也被欺骗。1. 埃及是否以为自己被王的绝对权威和统治所扶持？「她傲然的能力必降为卑」（结30:6）。埃及王的权势原是他的骄傲；但这必被击碎、降卑。2. 她众多的百姓是她的倚靠吗？这些人必「倒在刀下」，甚至「从色弗尼的楼台」起——那地在国土的极角，就是敌人将要进入的那一边。无论「乡村」还是「城邑」，农夫还是商人，都必荒凉（结30:7，正如上文29:12）。连「埃及的群众也必止息」（结30:10）。那人口众多的国必人口凋零。「遍地必满了被杀的人」（结30:11）。3. 尼罗河是她的倚靠吗？其各条支流是她的屏障吗？「我必使江河干涸」（结30:12），那些原本因为不可渡过而被视为坚不可摧的天然工事，必毫无用处。4. 她的偶像能扶持她吗？偶像必被毁坏；那些虚假的扶持者，必格外显明是虚假的，因为偶像要冒充拯救者和保障（结30:13）：「我必从挪弗除掉神像。」5. 王室是她的倚靠吗？「埃及地必不再有君王」；那延续了如此长久的王室，必被彻底铲除灭绝。6. 她的勇气是她的倚靠吗？她是否想借近来惯于征战的勇士的胆量支持自己？那也必失败：「我必使惧怕临到埃及地。」7. 兴起的一代是她的倚靠吗？她是否被她的儿女扶持，以为自己箭袋充满便为有福？唉！「少年人必倒在刀下」（结30:17），「女儿必被掳去」（结30:18），如此她一切的盼望都被剥夺。
四、神必亲自将这荒凉的刑罚降在埃及身上（结30:8）：「他们就知道我是耶和华」，并大于一切的神，大于他们的一切神，因为「我在埃及中使火着起」。焚烧列国的火，是神所点的；祂向一民点火之时，「一切帮助他们的，必被灭尽」。那些想要灭火的，自己反被吞灭；因为祂发怒之时，谁能站立得住呢？祂向一处「倾倒忿怒」，向其「点火」（结30:15、16），其力量与群众都无济于事。
五、巴比伦王和他的军兵必被用作这毁灭的工具：「埃及的群众必止息」，全然被剪除，「借巴比伦王的手」（结30:10）。那些试图保护以色列脱离巴比伦王之手的，自己却不能自保。论到那要毁灭埃及的迦勒底人，经上说：1. 他们是「外邦人」（结30:12），因此不会因旧交的情面而施怜悯，反倒要待他们如陌生人。2. 他们是「列国中可怖的人」（结30:11），无论在力量上还是在凶猛上都是如此；他们既可畏，必行可畏的事。(3.) 他们是「恶人」，不受理性与良心的约束，不守自然律或万国律法，因他们无法无天：「我必将地卖在恶人手中。」他们「不义地」行强暴，因为他们是恶人；然而就他们作为神手中执行祂刑罚的工具而言，这事在神那一方面是公义地行的。注意，神常使一个恶人成为另一个恶人的鞭子；甚至恶人也得着抢掠的权柄，是「借战争法」——「因神把它卖在他们手中」。
六、埃及全地无一城邑可免迦勒底军的怒火，无论多么坚固，无论多么偏远：「刀剑必穿过全地。」此处列举多城：「巴忒罗斯、琐安和挪」（结30:14），「训和挪弗」（结30:15、16），「亚文和比伯实」（结30:17），以及「答比匿」（结30:18）。这些必变为荒凉，必被火焚烧，神的审判必在其中执行，祂的烈怒必倾倒其上。他们的力量与群众必被「剪除」；他们必「大有痛苦」，必因惧怕「被裂开」，「每日都有急难」。他们的「日子必昏暗」；他们的尊荣、安慰和盼望必被熄灭。他们的「轭」必被「折断」，使他们不能再像从前那样欺压暴虐。「他们傲然的能力必止息」，「云彩必遮盖他们」，云彩如此厚密，他们透过它看不见任何盼望，他们的荣耀也再不能「发光」。末了，「古实人」虽与他们相距甚远，以及那与他们杂居的人，也都必分享他们的痛苦与惊惶。神必借祂的护理散布风声，「无忧无虑的古实人」必「惊惧」（结30:9）。注意，神能使最安稳的人惊惶；祂若愿意，恐惧必突然抓住最放肆的假冒为善者。
这预言的结尾留下：1. 埃及全地受了挫败：「我必这样在埃及施行审判」（结30:19）。埃及的毁灭，是「施行审判」，这不仅表明这事行得公义，因其罪而受，也表明这事行得有条不紊、合乎律法，是按着判决而行的。神一切所行的，都照着祂的审判。2. 以色列的神在此得着荣耀：「他们就知道我是耶和华。」埃及人必被使知道，神的百姓也必更清楚地知道。「耶和华借祂所施的刑罚显为已知」。
英文原文
Prophecy against Egypt; Destruction of Egypt Foretold (572 BC)
¹ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
² Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
⁹ In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
¹⁰ Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
¹¹ He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
¹² And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
¹³ Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
¹⁴ And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
¹⁵ And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
¹⁶ And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
¹⁷ The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.
¹⁸ At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
¹⁹ Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
The prophecy of the destruction of Egypt is here very full and particular, as well as, in the general, very frightful. What can protect a provoking people when the righteous God comes forth to contend with them?
I. It shall be a very lamentable destruction, and such as shall occasion great sorrow (Eze 30:2,3): "Howl you; you may justly shriek now that it is coming, for you will be made to shriek and make hideous outcries when it comes. Cry out, Woe worth the day! or, Ah the day! alas because of the day! the terrible day! Woe and alas! For the day is near; the day we have so long dreaded, so long deserved. It is the day of the Lord, the day in which he will manifest himself as a God of vengeance. You have your day now, when you carry all before you, and trample on all about you, but God will have his day shortly, the day of the revelation of his righteous judgment," Ps 37:13. It will be a cloudy day, that is, dark and dismal, without the shining forth of any comfort; and it shall threaten a storm—fire, and brimstone, and a horrible tempest. It shall be the time of the heathen, of reckoning with the heathen for all their heathenish practices, that time which David spoke of when God would pour out his fury upon the heathen (Ps 79:6), when they should sink, Ps 9:15.
II. It shall be the destruction of Egypt, and of all the states and countries in confederacy with her and in her neighbourhood. 1. Egypt herself shall fall (Eze 30:4): The sword shall come upon Egypt, the sword of the Chaldeans, and it shall be a victorious sword, for the slain shall fall in Egypt, fall by it, fall before it. Is the country populous? They shall take away her multitude. Is it strong, and well-fixed? Her foundations shall be broken down, and then the fabric, though built ever so fine, ever so high, will fall of course. 2. Her neighbours and inmates shall fall with her. When the slain fall so thickly in Egypt great pain shall be in Ethiopia, both that in Africa, which is in the neighbourhood of Egypt on one side, and that in Asia, which is near to it on the other side. When their neighbour's house was on fire they could not but apprehend their own in danger; nor were their fears groundless, for they shall all fall with them by the sword, Eze 30:5. Ethiopia and Libya (Cush and Phut, so the Hebrew names are, two of the sons of Ham who are mentioned, and Mizraim, that is, Egypt, between them, Ge 10:6), and the Lydians (who were famous archers, and are spoken of as confederates with Egypt, Jer 46:9), these shall fall with Egypt and Chub (the Chaldeans, the inhabitants of the inner Libya); these and others were the mingled people; there were those of all these and other countries who upon some account or other resided in Egypt, as did also the men of the land that is in league, some of the remains of the people of Israel and Judah, the children of the covenant, or league, as they are called (Ac 3:25), the children of the promise, Ga 4:28. These sojourned in Egypt contrary to God's command, and these shall fall with them. Note, Those that will take their lot with God's enemies shall have their lot with them, yea, though they be in profession the men of the land that is in league with God.
III. All that pretend to support the sinking interests of Egypt shall come down under her, shall come down with her (Eze 30:6): Those that uphold Egypt shall fall, and then Egypt must fall of course. See the justice of God; Egypt pretended to uphold Jerusalem when that was tottering, but proved a deceitful reed; and now those that pretended to uphold Egypt shall prove no better. Those that deceive others are commonly paid in their own coin; they are themselves deceived. 1. Does Egypt think herself upheld by the absolute authority and dominion of her king? The pride of her power shall come down, Eze 30:6. The power of the king of Egypt was his pride; but that shall be broken, and humbled. 2. Is the multitude of her people her support? These shall fall by the sword, even from the tower of Syene, which is in the utmost corner of the land, from that side of it by which the enemy shall enter. Both the countries and the cities, the husbandmen and the merchants, shall be desolate, Eze 30:7, as before, Eze 29:12. Even the multitude of Egypt shall be made to cease, Eze 30:10. That populous country shall be depopulated. The land shall be even filled with the slain, Eze 30:11. 3. Is the river Nile her support, and are the several channels of it a defence to her? "I will make the rivers dry (Eze 30:12), so that those natural fortifications which were thought impregnable, because impassable, shall stand them in no stead." 4. Are her idols a support to her? They shall be destroyed; those imaginary upholders shall appear more than ever to be imaginary, for so images are when they pretend to be deliverers and strongholds (Eze 30:13): I will cause their images to cease out of Noph. 5. Is her royal family her support? There shall be no more a prince in the land of Egypt; the royal family shall be extirpated and extinguished, which had continued so long. 6. Is her courage her support, and does she think to uphold herself by the bravery of her men of war, who have now of late been inured to service? That shall fail: I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. 7. Is the rising generation her support? is she upheld by her children, and does she think herself happy because she has her quiver full of them? Alas! the young men shall fall by the sword (Eze 30:17) and the daughters shall go into captivity (Eze 30:18), and so she shall be robbed of all her hopes.
IV. God shall inflict these desolating judgments on Egypt (Eze 30:8): They shall know that I am the Lord, and greater than all gods, than all their gods, when I have set a fire in Egypt. The fire that consumes nations is of God's kindling; and, when he sets fire to a people, all their helpers shall be destroyed. Those that go about to quench the fire shall themselves be devoured by it; for who can stand before him when he is angry? When he pours out his fury upon a place, when he sets fire to it (Eze 30:15,16), neither its strength nor its multitude can stand it in any stead.
V. The king of Babylon and his army shall be employed as instruments of this destruction: The multitude of Egypt shall be made to cease and be quite cut off by the hand of the king of Babylon, Eze 30:10. Those that undertook to protect Israel from the king of Babylon shall not be able to protect themselves. It is said of the Chaldeans, who should destroy Egypt, 1. That they are strangers (Eze 30:12), who therefore shall show no compassion for old acquaintance-sake, but shall behave strangely towards them. 2. That they are the terrible of the nations (Eze 30:11), both in respect of force and in respect of fierceness; and, being terrible, they shall make terrible work. (3.) That they are the wicked, who will not be restrained by reason and conscience, the laws of nature or the laws of nations, for they are without law: I will sell the land into the hand of the wicked. They do violence unjustly, as they are wicked; yet, so far as they are instruments in God's hand of executing his judgments, it is on his part justly done. Note, God often makes one wicked man a scourge to another; and even wicked men acquire a title to prey, jure belli—by the laws of war, for God sells it into their hands.
VI. No place in the land of Egypt shall be exempted from the fury of the Chaldean army, not the strongest, not the remotest: The sword shall go through the land. Various places are here named: Pathros, Zoan, and No (Eze 30:14), Sin and Noph (Eze 30:15,16), Aven and Pi-beseth (Eze 30:17), and Tehaphnehes, Eze 30:18. These shall be made desolate, shall be fired, and God's judgments shall be executed upon them, and his fury poured out upon them. Their strength and multitude shall be cut off; they shall have great pain, shall be rent asunder with fear, and shall have distresses daily. Their day shall be darkened; their honours, comforts, and hopes, shall be extinguished. Their yokes shall be broken, so that they shall no more oppress and tyrannize as they have done. The pomp of their strength shall cease, and a cloud shall cover them, a cloud so thick that through it they shall not see any hopes, nor shall their glory be seen, or shine further. And, lastly, the Ethiopians, who are at a distance from them, as well as those who are mingled with them, shall share in their pain and terror. God will by his providence spread the rumour, and the careless Ethiopians shall be made afraid, Eze 30:9. Note, God can strike a terror upon those that are most secure; fearfulness shall, when he pleases, surprise the most presumptuous hypocrites.
The close of this prediction leaves, 1. The land of Egypt mortified: Thus will I execute judgments on Egypt, Eze 30:19. The destruction of Egypt is the executing of judgments, which intimates not only that it is done justly, for its sins, but that it is done regularly and legally, by a judicial sentence. All the executions God does are according to his judgments. 2. The God of Israel herein glorified: They shall know that I am the Lord. The Egyptians shall be made to know it and the people of God shall be made to know it better. The Lord is known by the judgments which he executes.
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Destruction of Egypt Foretold (572 BC)
简体中文
预言埃及的败亡（公元前572年）
²⁰ 十一年正月初七日，耶和华的话临到我说：
²¹ 「人子啊，我已折断埃及王法老的膀臂；看哪，必没有敷药缠裹，使其痊愈，没有用夹板缚住，使他能持刀剑。
²² 所以主耶和华如此说：看哪，我与埃及王法老反对，必打折他的膀臂，就是已经有力的和已经打折的；我必使刀从他手中坠落。
²³ 我必将埃及人分散在列国，四散在列邦。
²⁴ 我必使巴比伦王的膀臂有力，把我的刀交在他手中；却要打折法老的膀臂，他必在他面前唉哼，如同受死伤的人一样。
²⁵ 我必使巴比伦王的膀臂有力，法老的膀臂必下垂；我将我的刀交在巴比伦王手中，他举刀攻击埃及地的时候，他们就知道我是耶和华。
²⁶ 我必将埃及人分散在列国，四散在列邦；他们就知道我是耶和华。」
这段关于埃及势力被削弱的简短预言，是在埃及军队试图解耶路撒冷之围却徒劳而返、未竟其功之时传达的；随后巴比伦王重新围攻并得遂所愿。埃及王国极其古老，多世纪以来颇具势力。而巴比伦王国则方才达到其极盛的辉煌与权势，因为它是建立在亚述王国的废墟之上。如今他们之间也是如此，正如家庭与邦国一样：有的正在兴起，有的正在衰落退后；这一国必须兴旺，其余诸国自然必须减退。
一、此处预言埃及王必越来越弱。他的疆域将被缩减，财富与权势将减少，无论是自救还是助友，都越发无能为力。1. 这事已部分成就（结30:21）：「我已折断法老的膀臂」，这是不久前的事。当巴比伦王在迦基米施击败法老尼哥的军队（耶46:2），并使自己作主，掌管「从埃及河到伯拉河」一切属于埃及之地（王下24:7），那国的一只膀臂就算被折断了。埃及长期积蓄力量、扩张版图，因此为在护理中保持均衡，它便缓慢地、逐步地丧失力量。埃及的膀臂正是在好王约西亚被埃及王所杀之后不久、并在同一王朝中被折断的；它受了那致命的一击，再未恢复。在埃及的心与颈被折断之前，它的膀臂已被折断。神的审判是逐步临到一民的，好叫他们悔改迎见他。埃及的膀臂既被折断，就「没有敷药缠裹，使其痊愈」，因为神所赐的伤，除了他自己无人能医。他所解除武装的、他所使之失去能力的，不能再持刀。2. 这事还要再行。先前一只膀臂被折断，也曾有几分要接上它、要医治那给兽之致命伤的尝试。但如今（结30:22），「我与法老反对，要打折他的两臂」，就是「有力的」和那「已经打折」又再接上的。注意，若较小的审判不能使罪人谦卑归正，神必差遣更大的。如今神要「使刀从他手中坠落」，他原以为自己有力可以持住。这话又重复（结30:24），「我必打折法老的膀臂」。他素来是苦待神百姓的残暴压迫者，近来又作他们的「折断之杖」；如今神打折他的膀臂，就为这两样向他追讨。神公义地打折那被滥用以欺压人、或被用以欺哄人的权势。但这还不是全部；(1) 埃及王一发现自己处于巴比伦王军力的威胁之下，就必灰心丧胆：他「必在他面前唉哼，如同受死伤的人一样」。注意，那些在兴盛时最为高傲的人，在逆境中也往往最为沮丧气馁。法老甚至尚未被刀剑触及，就要唉哼，如同已经受了致命伤。(2) 埃及的民必被分散（结30:23,26）：「我必将他们分散在列国。」别国曾与他们混杂（结30:5）；如今他们要在别国中被混杂，寻求在他们中间藏身，借此被「知道耶和华是公义的」。
二、此处预言巴比伦王必越来越强（结30:24,25）。神必「使巴比伦王的膀臂有力」，使他能完成所定意派他做的工。2. 神必把「刀」——他的刀——交在巴比伦王手中，这表示神赐他使命，并为他配备军备以进行战争，特别是针对埃及。注意，正如审判席上的官长如彼拉多（约19:11）那样，照样战场上的将帅如尼布甲尼撒，其权柄无一不是从上头赐的。
英文原文
Destruction of Egypt Foretold (572 BC)
²⁰ And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
²¹ Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
²² Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
²³ And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
²⁴ And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
²⁵ But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
²⁶ And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
This short prophecy of the weakening of the power of Egypt was delivered about the time that the army of the Egyptians, which attempted to raise the siege of Jerusalem, was frustrated in its enterprises, and returned re infectâ—without accomplishing their purpose; whereupon the king of Babylon renewed the siege and carried his point. The kingdom of Egypt was very ancient, and had been for many ages considerable. That of Babylon had but lately arrived at its great pomp and power, being built upon the ruins of the kingdom of Assyria. Now it is with them as it is with families and states, some are growing up, others are declining and going back; one must increase and the others must of course decrease.
I. It is here foretold that the king of Egypt shall grow weaker and weaker. The extent of his territories shall be abridged, his wealth and power shall be diminished, and he shall become less able than ever to help either himself or his friend. 1. This was in part done already (Eze 30:21): I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, some time ago. One arm of that kingdom might well be reckoned broken when the king of Babylon routed the forces of Pharaoh-Necho at Carchemish (Jer 46:2), and made himself master of all that pertained to Egypt from the river of Egypt to Euphrates, 2Ki 24:7. Egypt had been long in gathering strength and extending its dominions, and therefore, that there may be a proportion observed in providence, it loses its strength slowly and by degrees. It was soon after the king of Egypt slew good king Josiah, and in the same reign, that its arm was thus broken, and it received that fatal blow which it never recovered. Before Egypt's heart and neck were broken its arm was. God's judgments come upon a people by steps, that they may meet him repenting. When the arm of Egypt is broken it shall not be bound up to be healed, for none can heal the wounds that God gives but he himself. Those whom he disarms, whom he disables, cannot again hold the sword. 2. This was to be done again. One arm was broken before, and something was done towards the setting of it, towards the healing of the deadly wound that was given to the beast. But now (Eze 30:22), I am against Pharaoh, and will break both his arms, both the strong and that which was broken and set again. Note, If less judgments do not prevail to humble and reform sinners, God will send greater. Now God will cause the sword to fall out of his hand, which he caught hold of as thinking himself strong enough to hold it. It is repeated (Eze 30:24), I will break Pharaoh's arms. He had been a cruel oppressor to the people of God formerly, and of late the staff of a broken rod to them; and now God by breaking his arms reckons with him for both. God justly breaks that power which is abused either to put wrongs upon people or to put cheats upon them. But this is not all; (1.) The king of Egypt shall be dispirited when he finds himself in danger of the king of Babylon's forces: he shall groan before him with the groaning of a deadly wounded man. Note, It is common for those that are most elated in their prosperity to be most dejected and disheartened in their adversity. Pharaoh, even before the sword touches him, shall groan as if he had received his death's wound. (2.) The people of Egypt shall be dispersed (Eze 30:23,26): I will scatter them among the nations. Other nations had mingled with them (Eze 30:5); now they shall be mingled with other nations, and seek shelter in them, and so be made to know that the Lord is righteous.
II. It is here foretold that the king of Babylon shall grow stronger and stronger, Eze 30:24,25. Put strength into the king of Babylon's arms, that he may be able to go through the service he is designed for. 2. That he will put a sword, his sword, into the king of Babylon's hand, which signified his giving him a commission and furnishing him with arms for carrying on a war, particularly against Egypt. Note, As judges on the bench, like Pilate (Joh 19:11), so generals in the field, like Nebuchadnezzar, have no power but what is given them from above.
本章我们有：一、前章后半段开始的对埃及预言的延续，那时那曾经繁荣的国度即将被尼布甲尼撒彻底毁灭；其中预言了她一切盟邦和同盟者的灭亡，她一切利益和事务的倾覆，以及巴比伦王在推进这场毁灭时所采取的几个步骤（结30:1-19）。二、对从前一则关于埃及之预言的重述，那时埃及的毁灭因他们自己的恶行而刚刚开始，这些恶行渐渐削弱了他们，也为巴比伦王铺平了道路（结30:20-26）。这一切与我们前面所见的，大旨相同。