In the
tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth
day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto
me, saying,
02 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king
of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against
all Egypt:
03 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.
04 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.
05 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.
06 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.
07 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.
08 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I
will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and
beast out of thee.
09 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.
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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.
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