Thematic Bible
Ezekiel 29:1 (show verse)
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 29:2 (show verse)
"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
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Ezekiel 29:3 (show verse)
Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.'
Ezekiel 29:4 (show verse)
I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.
Ezekiel 29:5 (show verse)
I'll cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You'll fall on the open field. You won't be brought together, nor gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
Ezekiel 29:6 (show verse)
All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 29:7 (show verse)
When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and paralyzed all of their thighs."
Ezekiel 29:8 (show verse)
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.
Ezekiel 29:9 (show verse)
The land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Yahweh. Because he has said, 'The river is mine, and I have made it;'
Ezekiel 29:10 (show verse)
therefore, behold, I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia.
Ezekiel 29:11 (show verse)
No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of animal shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
Ezekiel 29:12 (show verse)
I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries."
Ezekiel 29:13 (show verse)
For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered;
Ezekiel 29:14 (show verse)
and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
Ezekiel 29:15 (show verse)
It shall be the base of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
Ezekiel 29:16 (show verse)
It shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh."'"
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Ezekiel 29:17 (show verse)
It came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first [month], in the first [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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Ezekiel 29:18 (show verse)
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 had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.
Ezekiel 29:19 (show verse)
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
Ezekiel 29:20 (show verse)
I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they worked for me, says the Lord Yahweh.
Ezekiel 29:21 (show verse)
In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth to the house of Israel, and I will give you the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.