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1 In
the tenth year,
in the tenth
month, on the
twelfth day of
the month, the
LORD’s word came
to me, saying,
2 “Son
of man, set
your face against
Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and
prophesy against
him and against
all Egypt.
3 Speak
and say, ‘The
Lord GOD says:
“Behold, I am
against you,
Pharaoh king of
Egypt,
the great monster
that lies in
the middle of
his rivers,
that has said, ‘My
river is my own,
and I have
made it
for myself.’
4 I
will put hooks
in your jaws,
and I will
make the fish
of your rivers
stick to your
scales.
I will bring
you up out
of the middle
of your rivers,
with all the
fish of your
rivers which stick
to your scales.
5 I’ll
cast you out
into the
wilderness,
you and all
the fish of
your rivers.
You’ll fall on
the open field.
You won’t be
brought together
or gathered.
I have given
you for food to
the animals of
the earth
and to the
birds of the
sky.
6 “ ‘ “All
the inhabitants of
Egypt will 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 you by
your hand, you
broke and tore
all their
shoulders. When
they leaned on
you, you broke
and paralyzed all
of their thighs.”
8 “ ‘Therefore
the Lord GOD
says: “Behold, I
will bring a sword
on you, and
will cut off man
and animal from
you.
9 The land
of Egypt will
be a desolation
and a waste.
Then they will
know that I
am the LORD.
“ ‘ “Because he
has said, ‘The
river is mine,
and I have
made it,’
10 therefore,
behold, I am
against you and
against your
rivers. I will
make the land
of Egypt an
utter waste and
desolation, from
the tower
of Seveneh even to
the border of
Ethiopia.
11 No
foot of man
will pass through
it, nor will
any animal foot
pass through it.
It won’t be
inhabited for forty
years.
12 I
will make the land
of Egypt a
desolation in the
middle of
the countries that
are desolate. Her
cities among the
cities that are
laid waste will
be a
desolation forty years.
I will scatter
the Egyptians
among the nations,
and will disperse
them through
the countries.”
13 “ ‘For
the Lord GOD
says: “At the
end of forty years
I will gather
the Egyptians from
the peoples where
they were
scattered.
14 I
will reverse the
captivity of Egypt,
and will cause
them to return
into the land of
Pathros, into
the land of their
birth. There they
will be a
lowly kingdom.
15 It
will be the
lowest of the
kingdoms. It won’t
lift itself up
above the nations
any more. I
will diminish them
so that they
will no longer
rule over the
nations.
16 It
will no longer
be the confidence
of the house
of Israel,
bringing iniquity
to memory, when
they turn to
look after them.
Then they will
know that I
am the Lord
GOD.” ’ ”
17 It
came to pass
in the
twenty-seventh year,
in the first
month, in the
first day of
the month, the
LORD’s word came
to me, saying,
18 “Son
of man,
Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon caused
his army to
serve a great
service against
Tyre. Every head
was made bald,
and every shoulder
was worn; yet he
had no wages,
nor did his
army, from Tyre,
for the service
that he had
served against it.
19 Therefore
the Lord GOD
says: ‘Behold, I
will give the land
of Egypt to
Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon. He
will carry off
her multitude,
take her plunder,
and take her
prey. That will
be the wages
for his army.
20 I
have given him
the land of Egypt
as his payment for
which he served,
because they worked
for me,’ says
the Lord GOD.
21 “In
that day I
will cause a
horn to sprout
for the house
of Israel, and
I will open
your mouth among
them. Then they
will know that
I am the
LORD.”