CHAPTER 29
In the tenth
year,
in the tenth month,
on the twelfth
day,
the word
of the LORD
came
to me,
saying,
“Son
of man,
set
your face
against
Pharaoh
king
of Egypt
and prophesy
against him
and against
all
of Egypt.
Speak
to him and tell him
that this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘Behold,
I am against you,
O Pharaoh
king
of Egypt,
O great
monster
who lies
among
his rivers,
who
says,
“The Nile is mine;
I
made it for myself."
But I will put
hooks
in your jaws
and make
the fish
of your streams
cling to your scales.
I will haul you up
out of
your rivers,
and
all
the fish
of your streams
will cling
to your scales.
I will leave
you in the desert,
you
and
all
the fish
of your streams.
You will fall
on
the open
field
and will not
be taken away
or gathered for burial.
I have given you
as food
to the beasts
of the earth
and the birds
of the air.
Then all
the people
of Egypt
will know
that
I
am the LORD.
For
you were only
a staff
of reeds
to the house
of Israel.
When Israel grasped
you
with their hands,
you splintered
and tore
open
their
shoulders;
when they leaned
on you,
you broke
and their backs
were wrenched.’
Therefore
this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘I will bring
a sword
against you
and cut off
from you
man
and beast.
The land
of 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,”
therefore
I am
against you
and against
your rivers.
I will turn
the land
of Egypt
into a ruin,
a desolate
wasteland
from Migdol
to Syene,
and as far as
the border
of Cush.
I will make
the land
of Egypt
a desolation
among
desolate
lands,
and her cities
will lie
desolate
forty
years
among
the ruined
cities.
And I will disperse
the Egyptians
among the nations
and scatter them
throughout the countries.'
For
this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘At
the end
of forty
years
I will gather
the Egyptians
from the nations
to which
they were scattered.
I will restore
Egypt
from captivity
and bring them back
to
the land
of Pathros,
the land
of their origin.
There
they will be
a lowly
kingdom.
Egypt will be
the lowliest
of kingdoms
and will never
again
exalt itself
above
the nations.
For I will diminish Egypt
so that it will never again
rule
over the nations.
Egypt will never
again be
an object of trust
for the house
of Israel,
but will remind them
of their iniquity
in turning
to the Egyptians.
Then they will know
that
I
am the Lord
GOD.’”
In the twenty-seventh
year,
in the first month,
on the first
day,
the word
of the LORD
came
to me,
saying,
“Son
of man,
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon
caused his army
to labor
strenuously
against
Tyre.
Every
head
was made bald
and every
shoulder
made raw.
But he and his army
had
no
wages
from Tyre
for
the labor
they expended
on it.
Therefore
this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘I will give
the land
of Egypt
to Nebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon,
who will carry off
its wealth,
seize
its spoil,
and remove
its plunder.
This will be
the wages
for his army.
I have given
him the land
of Egypt
as the reward
for his labor,
because
it was done
for Me,
declares
the Lord
GOD.’
In that
day
I will cause a horn
to sprout
for the house
of Israel,
and
I will open
your mouth
to speak
among them.
Then they will know
that
I
am the LORD.”