Ezekiel 29
World English Bible (WEB) • 21 verses
1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
2“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
RelatedEzekiel 6:2 · Jeremiah 46:2-16 · Jeremiah 44:30 · Isaiah 18:1-19:17 · Jeremiah 25:18-19 · Ezekiel 21:2
3Speak and say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the middle of his rivers, that has said, ‘My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.’
RelatedIsaiah 27:1 · Ezekiel 32:2 · Jeremiah 44:30 · Deuteronomy 8:17 · Ezekiel 29:9-10 · Ezekiel 28:22
4I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales. I will bring you up out of the middle of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.
5I’ll cast you out into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You’ll fall on the open field. You won’t be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
RelatedJeremiah 7:33 · Jeremiah 34:20 · Jeremiah 8:2 · Ezekiel 32:4-6 · Jeremiah 25:33 · Psalms 110:5-6
6“‘“All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders. When they leaned on you, you broke and paralyzed all of their thighs.”
RelatedIsaiah 36:6 · Ezekiel 17:15-17 · Jeremiah 17:5-6 · Psalms 146:3-4 · Psalms 118:8-9 · Proverbs 25:19
8“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.
RelatedEzekiel 14:17 · Genesis 6:7 · Jeremiah 7:20 · Ezekiel 32:10-13 · Exodus 12:12 · Ezekiel 29:19-20
9The land of Egypt will be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. “‘“Because he has said, ‘The river is mine, and I have made it,’
RelatedEzekiel 29:3 · Ezekiel 29:10-12 · Proverbs 18:12 · Proverbs 16:18 · Ezekiel 30:7-8 · Proverbs 29:23
10therefore, behold, I am against you and against your rivers. I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia.
11No foot of man will pass through it, nor will any animal foot pass through it. It won’t be inhabited for forty years.
RelatedEzekiel 32:13 · Jeremiah 43:11-12 · Isaiah 23:17 · Ezekiel 36:28 · Isaiah 23:15 · 2 Chronicles 36:21
12I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the middle of the countries that are desolate. Her cities among the cities that are laid waste will be a desolation forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.”
RelatedEzekiel 30:7 · Jeremiah 46:19 · Ezekiel 30:23 · Ezekiel 30:26 · Jeremiah 25:15-19 · Jeremiah 27:6-11
13“‘For the Lord GOD says: “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered.
14I will reverse the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth. There they will be a lowly kingdom.
15It will be the lowest of the kingdoms. It won’t lift itself up above the nations any more. I will diminish them so that they will no longer rule over the nations.
16It will no longer be the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”’”
17It came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
18“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet he had no wages, nor did his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.
19Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will carry off her multitude, take her plunder, and take her prey. That will be the wages for his army.
RelatedJeremiah 43:10-13 · Ezekiel 30:24-25 · Ezekiel 32:11 · Ezekiel 30:10-12 · Ezekiel 30:4 · Ezekiel 29:8-10
20I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he served, because they worked for me,’ says the Lord GOD.
21“In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
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