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In the ^(C1)tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, set your face against ^(C1)Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all ^(C2)Egypt.

"Speak and say, 'This is what the Lord ^(F1)GOD says: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, The great ^(F2)(C1)monster that lies in the midst of his ^(F3)canals, That ^(C2)has said, 'My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.'

-"I will put ^(C1)hooks in your jaws And make the fish of your ^(F1)canals cling to your scales. And I will bring you up out of the midst of your ^(F1)canals, And all the fish of your ^(F1)canals will cling to your scales.

-"I will ^(C1)abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your ^(F1)canals; You will fall on the ^(F2)open field; you will not be brought together or ^(F3)(C2)gathered. I have given you for ^(C3)food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

-"Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, Because they have been only a ^(C1)staff made of reed to the house of Israel.

-"When they took hold of you with the hand, You ^(C1)broke and tore all their ^(F1)hands; And when they leaned on you, You broke and made all their hips ^(F2)shake."

'Therefore the Lord GOD says this: "Behold, I am going to ^(C1)bring upon you a sword, and I will cut off from you human and animal life.

"The ^(C1)land of Egypt will become a desolation and place of ruins. Then they will know that I am the LORD. "Because ^(F1)you ^(C2)said, 'The Nile is mine, and I have made it,'

Footnotes:  (F1) - As in ancient versions; MT he;

Cross References:  (C1) - Ezekiel 29:10; (C2) - Proverbs 16:18; Ezekiel 29:3;

therefore, behold, I am ^(C1)against you and against your ^(F1)canals, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and as far as the border of ^(F2)Cush.

"A human foot will ^(C1)not pass through it, nor will the foot of an animal pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.

"So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the ^(C1)midst of deserted lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate for forty years; and I will ^(C2)scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands."

'For this is what the Lord GOD says: "At the end of forty years I will ^(C1)gather the Egyptians from the peoples ^(F1)among whom they were scattered.

"And I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of ^(C1)Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom.

"It will be the ^(C1)lowest of the kingdoms, and it will not raise itself above the nations again. And I will make them small so that they will not ^(C2)rule over the nations.

"And it will no longer be a kingdom on which ^(C1)the house of Israel relies, ^(F1)(C2)bringing to mind the guilt of their having turned ^(F2)to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD."'"

Now in the ^(C1)twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, ^(C1)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor ^(F1)hard against Tyre; every head ^(F2)had a ^(C2)bald spot and every shoulder was rubbed raw. But he and his army acquired no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had ^(F3)performed against it."

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Behold, I am going to ^(C1)give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her ^(C2)wealth and capture her spoils and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army.

"I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor which he ^(F1)(C1)performed, because they acted for Me," declares the Lord GOD.

"On that day I will make a ^(C1)horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will ^(F1)(C2)open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD."

The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

"Son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the Lord ^(F1)GOD says: "^(C1)Wail, 'Woe for the day!'

-"For the day is near, Indeed, ^(C1)the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of ^(C2)clouds, A time of doom for the nations.

-"A sword will come upon Egypt, And there will be trembling in ^(F1)Cush; When the slain fall in Egypt, They will ^(C1)take away her ^(F2)wealth, And her foundations will be torn down.

"^(F1)Cush, Put, Lud, all ^(F2)(C1)Arabia, ^(F3)Libya and the ^(F4)people of the land ^(F5)that is in league will fall with them by the sword."

'This is what the LORD says: "Indeed, those who support ^(C1)Egypt will fall And the pride of her power will come down; From Migdol to Syene They will fall within her by the sword," Declares the Lord GOD.

"They will be desolate In the ^(C1)midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities.

-"And they will ^(C1)know that I am the LORD, When I set a ^(C2)fire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken.

"On that day ^(C1)messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten ^(C2)carefree ^(F1)Cush; and ^(C3)trembling will come on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it is coming!"

'This is what the Lord GOD says: "^(C1)I will also make the ^(F1)hordes of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

-"He and his people with him, ^(C1)The most ruthless of the nations, Will be brought in to destroy the land; And they will draw their swords against Egypt And fill the land with the slain.

-"Moreover, I will make the ^(C1)Nile canals dry And ^(C2)sell the land into the hands of evil men. And I will make the land desolate And ^(F1)all that is in it, By the hand of strangers; I the LORD have spoken."

'This is what the Lord GOD says: "I will also ^(C1)destroy the idols And make the ^(F1)images cease from ^(F2)(C2)Memphis. And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt; And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

-"I will make ^(C1)Pathros desolate, Set a fire in ^(C2)Zoan And execute judgments on ^(F1)(C3)Thebes.

-"I will pour out My wrath on ^(F1)Sin, The stronghold of Egypt; I will also eliminate the hordes of ^(F2)Thebes.

-"I will set a fire in Egypt; ^(F1)Sin will writhe in anguish, ^(F2)Thebes will be breached And ^(F3)Memphis will have ^(F4)distresses daily.

-"The young men of ^(F1)(C1)On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And ^(F2)the women will go into captivity.

-"In ^(C1)Tehaphnehes the day will ^(F1)be ^(C2)dark When I ^(C3)break there the yoke bars of Egypt. Then the pride of her power will cease in her; A cloud will cover her, And her daughters will go into captivity.

-"So I will ^(C1)execute judgments on Egypt, And they will know that I am the LORD."'"

In the ^(C1)eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, I have ^(C1)broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been ^(C2)bound up ^(F1)for healing ^(F2)or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may be strong to wield the sword.

"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I am ^(C1)against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, both the strong and the ^(C2)broken; and I will make the sword ^(C3)fall from his hand.

'And I will ^(C1)scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.

'For I will ^(C1)strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put ^(C2)My sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groans of a wounded man.

'So I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fail. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he ^(C1)reaches out with it against the land of Egypt.

'When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the LORD.'"