| Chapter
29 |
| 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, |
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| Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy
against him, and against all Egypt: |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
