The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 29 Prophecy against Egypt

 The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 29

Prophecy against Egypt

1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord 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: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of your rivers, who says, “My river is my own, and I made it for myself.”

4 But I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will catch the fish of your rivers in your scales; and all the fish of your rivers shall cling to your scales.

5 And I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers; you shall fall on the open field; you shall not be gathered or gathered; I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the air.

6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, for they have become a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

7 When they took you by the hand, you broke, and tore their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, making all their loins unmovable.

8 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will bring the sword upon you, and I will cut off from you man and beast.

9 And the land of Egypt shall become a desolation and a desert; and they shall know that I am the Lord, because you said, “The river is mine, and I made it.”

10 Therefore, behold, I am against you and against your rivers; And I will make the land of Egypt a desolate wasteland, from the tower of Syene to the borders of Ethiopia.

11 No human foot shall pass through it, nor shall any beast foot pass through it, nor shall it be inhabited for forty years.

12 For I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the desolate lands, and its cities in the midst of the desolate cities shall become a desolation for forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the lands.

13 But thus says the Lord God: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from among the peoples among whom they were scattered.

14 And I will restore the captivity of the Egyptians, and will bring them back to the land of Pathros, to the land of their trade; and they shall be there a low kingdom.

15 It shall be lower than the other kingdoms, and it shall never again exalt itself above the nations; for I will diminish it, that it shall not rule over the nations.

16 And the house of Israel will no longer have confidence to bring their iniquity to remembrance when they look back; rather, they will know that I am the Lord God.

17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has caused his army to perform a great service against Tyre; every head has become bald, and every shoulder is bald; and Tyre has not paid him or his army for the service that he has performed against it.

19 Therefore, thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry away its multitude, and take its spoil, and plunder its prey, and this shall be the reward for his army.’” 

20 As payment for their labor, which they performed against her, I have given them the land of Egypt, because they worked for me, declares the Lord God.

21 In that day I will cause power to spring forth in the house of Israel, and I will give you an open mouth in their midst; and they shall know that I am the Lord.