29 In
the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the
word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son
of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against
him, and against all Egypt: 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. 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. 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.
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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. 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.