The Book of Ezekiel
29: 1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the
word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 29:2Son of man, set thy face against
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt; 29:3speak,
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. 29:4And 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. 29:5And 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. 29:6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am
Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 29:7When
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. 29:8Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will
bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast. 29:9And 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; 29:10therefore, 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. 29:11No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass
through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. 29:12And 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. 29:13For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: At the end of forty years will I
gather the Egyptians from the peoples whither they were scattered; 29:14and 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. 29:15It
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. 29:16And 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. 29:17And 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, 29:18Son 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. 29:19Therefore 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. 29:20I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for
which he served, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord Jehovah. 29:21In 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.