Chapter 29.
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month,
the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt.
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God.
Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt.
The great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said,
My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to
stick unto thy scales.
And I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy
rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy
rivers.
Thou shalt fall upon the open fields.
Thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered.
I have given thee from meat to the beasts of the field, and to the fowls of the
heaven.
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have
been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their
shoulder.
And when they leaned upon thee, thou breakest, and madest all their loins
to be at a stand.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee,
and cut off man and beast out of thee.
And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste, and they shall know that I am
the Lord, because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.
Behold, therefore, I am against thee, and against thy rivers.
And I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of
Cyene, even unto the border of Ethiopia.
No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it,
neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are
desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate
forty years.
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through
the countries.
Yet thus saith the Lord God, At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians
from the people whither they were scattered.
And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into
the land of Petros, into the land of their habitation, and they shall be there a base
kingdom.
It shall be the basest of the kingdoms, neither shall it exalt itself any more
above the nations, for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over
the nations.
And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their
iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them, but they shall know that
I am the Lord God.
And it came to pass, in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month,
in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying, Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, caused his army to serve
a great service against Tyrus.
Every head was made bold, and every shoulder was peeled.
Yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had
served against it, therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will give the land
of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and he shall take her multitude,
and take her spoil, and take her prey, and it shall be the wages for his army.
I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor, wherewith he served against it,
because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.
In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will
give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them, and they shall know that I
am the Lord.