Ezekiel 29
New International Version - Ezekiel 29 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748 29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day, the word of the LORD came to me: 29:2 'Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. 29:3 Speak to him and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: ' 'I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, you great monster lying among your streams. You say, 'The Nile is mine; I made it for myself.' 29:4 But I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales. I will pull you out from among your streams, with all the fish sticking to your scales. 29:5 I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and not be gathered or picked up. I will give you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air. 29:6 Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the LORD. ' 'You have been a staff of reed for the house of Israel. 29:7 When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched. 29:8 ' 'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will bring a sword against you and kill your men and their animals. 29:9 Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. ' 'Because you said, 'The Nile is mine; I made it,' 29:10 therefore I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt a ruin and a desolate waste from Migdol to Aswan, as far as the border of Cush. 29:11 No foot of man or animal will pass through it; no one will live there for forty years. 29:12 I will make the land of Egypt desolate among devastated lands, and her cities will lie desolate forty years among ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. 29:13 ' 'Yet this is what the Sovereign LORD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations where they were scattered. 29:14 I will bring them back from captivity and return them to Upper Egypt, the land of their ancestry. There they will be a lowly kingdom. 29:15 It will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the other nations. I will make it so weak that it will never again rule over the nations. 29:16 Egypt will no longer be a source of confidence for the people of Israel but will be a reminder of their sin in turning to her for help. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.' ' 29:17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me: 29:18 'Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon drove his army in a hard campaign against Tyre; every head was rubbed bare and every shoulder made raw. Yet he and his army got no reward from the campaign he led against Tyre. 29:19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will carry off its wealth. He will loot and plunder the land as pay for his army. 29:20 I have given him Egypt as a reward for his efforts because he and his army did it for me, declares the Sovereign LORD. 29:21 'On that day I will make a horn grow for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.'