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 for 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 brakest
, 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 Syene
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 Pathros
, 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 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:
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 labour
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
.