Ezekiel 29

Proclamation Against Egypt

1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, *Ezek. 28:21set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and *Is. 19:1; Jer. 25:19; 46:2, 25; Ezek. 30:1—32:32; Joel 3:19against all Egypt. 3 Speak, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

*Jer. 44:30; Ezek. 28:22; 29:10"Behold, I am against you,

O Pharaoh king of Egypt,

O great *Ps. 74:13, 14; Is. 37:1; 51:9; Ezek. 32:2monster who lies in the midst of his rivers,

*Ezek. 28:2Who has said, ‘My River is my own;

I have made it for myself.’

4 But *2 Kin. 19:28; Is. 37:29; Ezek. 38:4I will put hooks in your jaws,

And cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales;

I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers,

And all the fish in your rivers will stick to your scales.

5 I will leave you in the wilderness,

You and all the fish of your rivers;

You shall fall on the open *Ezek. 32:4–6field;

*Jer. 8:2; 16:4; 25:33You shall not be picked up or gathered.

*Jer. 7:33; 34:20; Ezek. 39:4I have given you as food

To the beasts of the field

And to the birds of the heavens.

6 "Then all the inhabitants of Egypt

Shall know that I am the Lord,

Because they have been a *2 Kin. 18:21; Is. 36:6; Ezek. 17:15staff of reed to the house of Israel.

7 *Jer. 37:5, 7, 11; Ezek. 17:17When they took hold of you with the hand,

You broke and tore all their shoulders;

When they leaned on you,

You broke and made all their backs quiver."

8 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: "Surely I will bring *Jer. 46:13; Ezek. 14:17; 32:11–13a sword upon you and cut off from you man and beast. 9 And the land of Egypt shall become *Ezek. 30:7, 8desolate and waste; then they will know that I am the Lord, because he said, ‘The River is mine, and I have made it.’ 10 Indeed, therefore, I am against you and against your rivers, *Ezek. 30:12and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, *Ezek. 30:6from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia. 11 *Jer. 43:11, 12; 46:19; Ezek. 32:13Neither foot of man shall pass through it nor foot of beast pass through it, and it shall be uninhabited forty years. 12 *Jer. 25:15–19; 27:6–11; Ezek. 30:7, 26I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries thatare desolate; and among the cities thatare laid waste, her cities shall be desolate forty years; and I will *Jer. 46:19; Ezek. 30:23, 26scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries."

13 ‘Yet, thus says the Lord God: "At the *Is. 19:23; Jer. 46:26end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered. 14 I will bring back the captives of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they shall be a *Ezek. 17:6, 14lowly kingdom. 15 It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms; it shall never again exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish them so that they will not rule over the nations anymore. 16 No longer shall it be *Is. 30:2, 3; 36:4, 6; Lam. 4:17; Ezek. 17:15; 29:6the confidence of the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity when they turned to follow them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God." ’ "

Babylonia Will Plunder Egypt

17 And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18 "Son of man, *Jer. 25:9; 27:6; Ezek. 26:7–12Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre; every head was made *Jer. 48:37; Ezek. 27:31bald, and every shoulder rubbed raw; yet neither he nor his army received wages from Tyre, for the labor which they expended on it. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Surely I will give the land of Egypt to *Jer. 43:10–13; Ezek. 30:10Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that will be the wages for his army. 20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor, because they *Is. 10:6, 7; 45:1–3; Jer. 25:9worked for Me,’ says the Lord God.

21 ‘In that day *1 Sam. 2:10; Ps. 92:10; 132:17I will cause the horn of the house of Israel to spring forth, and I will *Ezek. 24:27; Amos 3:7, 8; (Luke 21:15)open your mouth to speak in their midst. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’ "