“1 In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth [day] of
the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set
thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and
against all Egypt: 3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I
[am] against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in
the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river [is] mine own, and I
have made [it] for myself. 4 But 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, and all the fish of thy
rivers shall stick unto thy scales. 5 And I will leave thee [thrown]
into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt
fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor
gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to
the fowls of the heaven. 6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know
that I [am] the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the
house of Israel. 7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst
break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou
brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.”
“8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword
upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. 9 And the land of
Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I [am] the
LORD: because he hath said, The river [is] mine, and I have made [it].
10 Behold, therefore I [am] against thee, and against thy rivers, and I
will make the land of Egypt utterly waste [and] desolate, from the tower
of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. 11 No foot of man shall pass
through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be
inhabited forty years. 12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in
the midst of the countries [that are] desolate, and her cities among the
cities [that are] laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will
scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through
the countries. 13 Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years
will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:
14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to
return [into] the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation;
and they shall be there a base kingdom. 15 It shall be the basest of the
kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for
I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. 16
And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which
bringeth [their] iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after
them: but they shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD.”
“17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first
[month], in the first [day] of the month, the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying, 18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his
army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head [was] made bald,
and every shoulder [was] peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for
Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: 19 Therefore thus
saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and
take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his
army. 20 I have given him the land of Egypt [for] his labour wherewith
he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.
21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud
forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of
them; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.” (Ezekiel 29:1-21 AV)
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