Ezekiel 29
29 1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth
day of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
2Son
of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him,
and against all Egypt;
3speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:
Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that
lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said, My river is mine own, and I
have made it for myself.
4And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will
cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee
up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which
stick unto thy scales.
5And I will cast thee forth into the wilderness,
thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field;
thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given thee for food
to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens.
6And all the
inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah, because they have been a
staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7When they took hold of thee by thy
hand, thou didst break, and didst rend all their shoulders; and when they
leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
8Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword upon
thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast.
9And the land of Egypt
shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it;
10therefore,
behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land
of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even unto
the border of Ethiopia.
11No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot
of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
12And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the
countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid
waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians
among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
13For
thus saith the Lord Jehovah: At the end of forty years will I gather the
Egyptians from the peoples whither they were scattered;
14and I will
bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the
land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base
kingdom.
15It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it any
more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they
shall no more rule over the nations.
16And it shall be no more the
confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to remembrance, when
they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
17And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first
month, in the first day of the month, the word of Jehovah
came unto me, saying,
18Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused
his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and
every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for
the service that he had served against it.
19Therefore thus saith the
Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king
of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude, and take her spoil, and
take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
20I have given him
the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they wrought
for me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
21In that day will I cause a horn to bud
forth unto the house of Israel, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth
in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
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