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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 318

"Those who uphold Egypt shall fall"

Text: Ezekiel 30:6

THE FALL OF ALLIED NATIONS

There were many nations who became allies of Egypt. They sought to benefit from their alliance with Egypt. They felt that they would be stronger and wealthier because of their alliance.

“Thus says the Lord:
‘Those who uphold Egypt shall fall,
And the pride of her power shall come down.
From Migdol to Syene
Those within her shall fall by the sword,’
Says the Lord God.
‘They shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries,
And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste.'”
Ezekiel 30:6-7

1. “Those who uphold Egypt”

a) They were already mentioned (Ezekiel 30:5).

b) As allies they would fight with Egypt against Babylon.

c) But as Egypt fell to the Babylonians, so would these allies suffer grave consequences.

d) The allied nations would experience:

i) Desolation

ii) Their cities would be laid waste.

iii) Babylon would raze these allied nations to the ground.

2. The famous cities of Egypt.

a) Migdol and Syene were defining cities.

b) They were at the borders of Egypt.

c) Both major cities would suffer humiliating defeat.

d) They would fall by the sword of the Babylonians.

e) The pride of the powerful army of Egypt would be broken completely by the Babylonians.

f) No more would ancient Egypt take pride in its feared chariots.