Ezekiel 30:10-12

30:10 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt,

by the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar ¹  of Babylon.

30:11 He and his people with him,

the most terrifying of the nations, ² 

will be brought there to destroy the land.

They will draw their swords against Egypt,

and fill the land with corpses.

30:12 I will dry up the waterways

and hand the land over to ³  evil men.

I will make the land and everything in it desolate by the hand of foreigners.

I, the Lord, have spoken!

[30:10]  ¹ tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-usur has an “r” rather than an “n.”

[30:11]  ² tn The Babylonians were known for their cruelty (2 Kgs 25:7).

[30:12]  ³ tn Heb “and I will sell the land into the hand of.”