Chapter 29

In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth ⁶²⁴⁰ [day] of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,²

Son of man, set³ thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy¹⁰ against him, and against all Egypt:

Speak,¹⁶ and say,¹ Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth⁶ in the midst of his rivers, which hath said,¹ My river [is] mine own, and I have made¹ [it] for myself.

But I will put¹ hooks ²³⁹⁷ in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick⁵² unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up⁵² out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick⁴ unto thy scales.

And I will leave¹ thee [thrown] into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall⁴ upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together,¹¹ nor gathered:¹¹ I have given¹ thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

And all the inhabitants⁶ of Egypt shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

When they took hold² of thee by thy hand, thou didst break,¹¹ and rend¹ all their shoulder: and when they leaned⁹ upon thee, thou brakest,¹¹ and madest all their loins to be at a stand.⁵²

Therefore thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring⁵⁶ a sword upon thee, and cut off⁵² man and beast out of thee.

And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD: because he hath said,¹ The river [is] mine, and I have made¹ [it].

Behold, therefore I [am] against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make¹ the land of Egypt utterly waste [and] desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

No foot of man shall pass⁴ through it, nor foot of beast shall pass⁴ through it, neither shall it be inhabited⁴ forty years.

And I will make¹ the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries [that are] desolate,¹² and her cities among the cities [that are] laid waste⁹⁴ shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter⁵² the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse¹⁴ them through the countries.

Yet thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather¹⁷ the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:⁸

And I will bring again¹ the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return⁵² [into] the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.

It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt¹⁰¹ itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish⁵² them, that they shall no more rule² over the nations.

And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth [their] iniquity to remembrance,⁵⁶ when they shall look² after them: but they shall know¹ that I [am] the Lord GOD.

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,²

Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve⁵² a great service against Tyrus: every head [was] made bald,⁹⁴ and every shoulder [was] peeled:⁷ yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served¹ against it:

Therefore thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give⁶ the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take¹ her multitude, and take¹ her spoil, and take¹ her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

I have given¹ him the land of Egypt [for] his labour wherewith he served¹ against it, because they wrought¹ for me, saith⁷ the Lord GOD.

In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth,⁵⁵ and I will give⁴ thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD.