Eze 29 | ABEn | STEP | In the [ 2 year 1 tenth], in the tenth month, day one of the month, [ 3 came 1 the word 2 of the lord ] to me saying,

Ezekiel 29

CHAPTER 29 A Prophecy against Egypt

1 In the [²year ¹tenth], in the tenth month, day one of the month, [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to me saying, 2 O son of man, firmly fix your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against entire Egypt! 3 Speak and say! Thus says Adonai the lord; Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, the [²dragon ¹great], the one lying in wait in the midst of his rivers. The one saying, [³are mine ¹The ²rivers], and I made them. 4 And I will put snares into your jaws, and I will cleave the fishes of your river to your wings. And I will lead you from out of the midst of your river, and all the fishes of the river [²to ³your scales ¹I will cleave]. 5 And I will throw you down quickly, and all the fishes of your river. Upon the face of the plain you shall fall, and no way shall you be brought together; and no way shall you be screened. To the wild beasts of the earth, and to the winged creatures of the heaven I have given you for a thing to be devoured. 6 And [⁵shall know ¹all ²the ones ³dwelling ⁴Egypt] that I am the lord, because you became a rod of reed to the house of Israel. 7 When they took hold of you with their hand, then you were fractured; and when [³prevailed ⁴against ⁵them ¹every ²hand]. And when they rested upon you, you were broken, and you broke [³of them ²of all ¹the loin]. 8 On account of this, thus says Adonai the lord; Behold, I bring upon you the broadsword; and I will destroy men from you, and beasts. 9 And [⁴will be ¹the ²land ³of Egypt] for destruction and desolation. And they shall know that I am the lord, because of your saying, The rivers are mine and I made them. 10 On account of this, behold, I am against you, and against all your rivers. And I will give the land of Egypt unto desolation, broadsword, and destruction, from Migdol and Syene even unto the borders of the Ethiopians. 11 In no way shall there go through by it the foot of a man; and the foot of a beast in no way shall go through it, and it shall not be inhabited forty years. 12 And I will appoint her land for destruction in the midst of a land being made desolated, and her cities [²in ³the midst ⁴of cities ⁵being made desolated ¹shall be] for extinction forty years. And I will scatter Egypt among the nations, and I will winnow them among the places. 13 Thus says Adonai the lord; After forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations of which they were dispersed there. 14 And I will return the captivity of the Egyptians, and I will settle them in the land of Phathros, in the land from where they were taken; and it will be [²rule ¹a humble] there, 15 more than all the rules, it shall be least to not be raised up high any more over the nations. And [³very few ²them ¹I will make], so as for [²to not be ¹them] many among the nations. 16 And no longer will they be any more [³to the ⁴house ⁵of Israel ¹for ²a hope], calling to mind lawlessness in their following after them. And they shall know that I am Adonai the lord.

Nebuchadnezzar's Conquest

17 And it came to pass in the seventh and twentieth year, day one of the [²month ¹first], came the word of the lord to me, saying, 18 O son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon reduced to slavery his force [²service ¹for a great] against Tyre. Every head was bald and every shoulder loose of hair. And a wage did not exist to him, and his force was against Tyre, for the service of which they served against it. 19 On account of this, thus says Adonai the lord; Behold, I give to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon the land of Egypt; and he shall despoil her spoils, and he shall plunder her plunder; and it will be the wage for his force. 20 In return for his ministration of which he served against Tyre, I have given to him the land of Egypt, because of as much as he worked to me, says Adonai the lord. 21 In that day there shall rise up a horn to all the house of Israel, and I will give to you a mouth being opened in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the lord.