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Judgment of Egypt
1 In the
Atenth year, in the tenth
month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the Loʀᴅ came to me saying,
2 “Son of man, set your face against
APharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all
BEgypt.
3 “Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord
1Goᴅ,
“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
The great
2Amonster that lies in the midst of his
3rivers,
That
Bhas said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made
it.’
4 “I will put
Ahooks in your jaws
And make the fish of your
1rivers cling to your scales.
And I will bring you up out of the midst of your
1rivers,
And all the fish of your
1rivers will cling to your scales.
5 “I will
Aabandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your
1rivers;
You will fall on the
2open field; you will not be brought together or
3Bgathered.
I have given you for
Cfood to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
6 “Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the Loʀᴅ,
Because they have been
only a
Astaff
made of reed to the house of Israel.
7 “When they took hold of you with the hand,
You
Abroke and tore all their
1hands;
And when they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their loins
2quake.”
8 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord Goᴅ, “Behold, I will
Abring upon you a sword and I will cut off from you man and beast.
9 “The
Aland of Egypt will become a desolation and waste. Then they will know that I am the Loʀᴅ.
Because
1you
Bsaid, ‘The Nile is mine, and I have made
it,’
10 therefore, behold, I am
Aagainst you and against your
1rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol
to Syene and even to the border of
2Ethiopia.
11 “A man’s foot will
Anot pass through it, and the foot of a beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.
12 “So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the
Amidst of desolated lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate forty years; and I will
Bscatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.”
13 ‘For thus says the Lord Goᴅ, “At the end of forty years I will
Agather the Egyptians from the peoples
1among whom they were scattered.
14 “I will turn the fortunes of Egypt and make them return to the land of
APathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom.
15 “It will be the
Alowest of the kingdoms, and it will never again lift itself up above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will not
Brule over the nations.
16 “And it will never again be the
Aconfidence of the house of Israel,
1Bbringing to mind the iniquity of their having turned
2to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord Goᴅ.” ’ ”
17 Now in the
Atwenty-seventh year, in the first
month, on the first of the month, the word of the Loʀᴅ came to me saying,
18 “Son of man,
ANebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor
1hard against Tyre; every head was made
Bbald and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had
2performed against it.”
19 Therefore thus says the Lord Goᴅ, “Behold, I
Awill give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her
1Bwealth and capture her spoil and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army.
20 “I have given him the land of Egypt
for his labor which he
1Aperformed, because they acted for Me,” declares the Lord Goᴅ.
21 “On that day I will make a
Ahorn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will
1Bopen your mouth in their midst. Then they will know that I am the Loʀᴅ.”