Ezekiel 29-32: Doom for the Nations

Egypt has always been the nation that Israel runs to.  From the time of the Abraham on, whenever, there was trouble in the place where they were living, they would flee to Egypt for safety.  " 'You have been a staff of reed for the house of Israel. ⁷ When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched. (Eze. 29:6-7)  'You provided them some support when they leaned on you,' God says, 'but it was very flimsy and you in turn took advantage of them by making them pay a heavy price for their shelter.'

Now that the Babylonians are invading, many have chosen to flee there one more time.  But Egypt will no longer be a safe haven.  The same thing that brought the other nations down will be Egypt's downfall as well. 

...You say, "The Nile is mine;I made it for myself."
But I will put hooks in your jaws
and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales.
I will pull you out from among your streams,
with all the fish sticking to your scales.
I will leave you in the desert,
you and all the fish of your streams....- Eze. 29:3-5

Egypt will fall to the hands of the Babylonians just as the other nations and cities surrounding Israel:  Elam, Meshech and Tubal, Edom, and Sidonians, have fallen to the sword of Babylon.  The fate of Egypt will be no different.  Even the once great Assyria has fallen to the Babylonians at God's hand.  The fate of the nations does not rest in their own power.  It is in God's hands.  Woe to any nation that thinks it can stand against the day of the Lord.

'This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
" 'Wail and say,
"Alas for that day!"
For the day is near,
the day of the LORD is near—
a day of clouds,a time of doom for the nations. - Eze. 30:2-3 NIV