1 In the
tenth year, in the
tenth month, in the
twelfth sh@nayim#
day of the
month, the
word of the
LORD came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man,
set thy
face against
Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and
prophesy against him, and against all
Egypt:
3 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.
4 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.
5 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 for
meat to the
beasts of the
field and to the
fowls of the
heaven.
6 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.
7 When they took
hold of thee by thy
hand, thou didst
break, and
rend all their
shoulder: and when they
leaned upon thee, thou
brakest, and madest all their
loins to be at a
stand.
8 Therefore thus
saith the
Lord GOD; Behold, I will
bring a
sword upon thee, and cut
off man and
beast out of thee.
9 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.
10 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
Syene even unto the
border of
Ethiopia.
11 No
foot of
man shall pass
through it, nor
foot of
beast shall pass
through it, neither shall it be
inhabited forty years.
12 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.
13 Yet thus
saith the
Lord GOD; At the
end of
forty years will I
gather the
Egyptians from the
people whither they were
scattered:
14 And I will bring
again the
captivity of
Egypt, and will cause them to
return into the
land of
Pathros, into the
land of their
habitation; and they shall be there a
base kingdom.
15 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.
16 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.
17 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,
18 Son of
man,
Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon causedhis
army to
serve a
great service against
Tyrus: every
head was made
bald, and every
shoulder was
peeled: yet had he no
wages, nor his
army, for
Tyrus, for the
service that he had
served against it:
19 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.
20 I have
given him the
land of
Egypt for his
labour wherewith he
served against it, because they
wrought for me,
saith the
Lord GOD.
21 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.