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Ezekiel 
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Day 320

"I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease"

Text: Ezekiel 30:10

THE ARMY LED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR

God forewarned Egypt that it would be destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. The Babylonian king would lead an army of very fierce warriors against the Egyptian forces.

“‘Thus says the Lord God:
‘I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease
By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations,
Shall be brought to destroy the land;
They shall draw their swords against Egypt,
And fill the land with the slain.
I will make the rivers dry,
And sell the land into the hand of the wicked;
I will make the land waste, and all that is in it,
By the hand of aliens.
I, the Lord, have spoken.'”
Ezekiel 30:10-12

1. Many Egyptians would die in battle.

a) King Nebuchadnezzar was mentioned by name.

b) He would cause a multitude of Egyptians to perish in the war that would take place.

2. The army of the Babylonians.

a) The Babylonian army was made up of people from different countries.

b) They were described as “the most terrible of the nations”.

c) They would all draw their swords against the Egyptians.

d) The Babylonian army would overwhelm the Egyptians and many would perish in the conflict.

3. The land of Egypt.

a) The land would be directly affected.

i) The rivers would become dry.

ii) The land would be laid waste.

b) Aliens would possess the land.

i) Properties would be bought and sold by the Babylonians.

ii) Prosperous Egypt would lose its wealth and prestige because of the destructive war that would come to the land.