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Ezekiel 29 1In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth [day]
of the month, the word of YHWH came unto me, saying, 2Son of
man, set your 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 your jaws, and I will cause the fish of your rivers to stick unto thy
scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of your rivers, with
all the fish of your rivers which stick unto your scales. 5And I
will cast thee forth into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy
rivers: you shall fall upon the open field; you shall 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
your hand, you didst break, and didst rend all their shoulders; and
when they leaned upon thee, you 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 your 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
YHWH 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. Average revision: 0 (ASV Unaltered)
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