Ezekiel 29
1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
2 “Son of man, turn your face against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
3 Speak and say: ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: «I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, great monster lying in the midst of your rivers, who said, “The Nile is mine; I made it for myself.”
4 I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish of your rivers cling to your scales. I will bring you up from the midst of your rivers, and all the fish of your rivers will cling to your scales.
5 I will abandon you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You will fall in the open field and will not be gathered or collected. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.
6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they were a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 When they grasped you in their hand, you broke and tore their whole shoulder; when they leaned on you, you snapped and made all their hips tremble.»’
8 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: «I am going to bring a sword against you and cut off from you both people and animals.
9 The land of Egypt will become a desolation and a ruin, and they will know that I am the LORD, because he said, “The Nile is mine; I made it.”
10 Therefore, I am against you and your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt dry, desolate ruins, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.
11 No human foot will pass through it, and no animal foot will pass through it. It will remain uninhabited for forty years.»’”
12 “‘«I will make the land of Egypt desolate among desolate lands, and its cities, among ruined cities, will lie desolate for forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the lands.»
13 For this is what the Lord GOD says: «At the end of forty years, I will gather Egypt from the peoples among whom they were scattered.
14 I will restore Egypt’s fortunes and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a humble kingdom.
15 It will be the humblest of kingdoms and will never again rise above the nations. I will make them small, so they will no longer rule over the nations.
16 It will no longer be a source of confidence for the house of Israel, reminding them of their guilt when they turn to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.»’”
17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, made his army work hard against Tyre. Every head was rubbed bare and every shoulder worn raw, yet neither he nor his army received any payment from Tyre for the work he did against it.
19 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am going to give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He will carry off its wealth, take its spoil, and plunder its plunder; it will be the payment for his army.
20 As payment for the work he did against it, I have given him the land of Egypt, because they worked for me, declares the Lord GOD.’
21 On that day I will make a horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will give you an open mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
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