The Book of Ezekiel (WEB)
29: 1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of Yahweh
came to me, saying, 29:2Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy
against him, and against all Egypt; 29:3speak, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am
against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has
said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself. 29:4I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will
cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your
rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales. 29:5I will cast you forth into the
wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers: you shall fall on the open field; you shall not be
brought together, nor gathered; I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the
birds of the sky. 29:6All the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Yahweh, because they have
been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 29:7When they took hold of you by your hand, you did
break, and did tear all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and mad all their
loins to be at a stand. 29:8Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will bring a sword on
you, and will cut off from you man and animal. 29:9The land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a
waste; and they shall know that I am Yahweh. Because he has said, The river is mine, and I have
made it; 29:10therefore, behold, I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of
Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia.
29:11No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of animal shall pass through it, neither shall it be
inhabited forty years. 29:12I 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 says the Lord Yahweh: At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians
from the peoples where 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 base 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. 29:16It
shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they
turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh. 29:17It came to pass in the
seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh
came to 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
says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to 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 worked for me, says the Lord Yahweh. 29:21In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth
to the house of Israel, and I will give you the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they
shall know that I am Yahweh.
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