Ezek 29
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In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of
the LORD came unto me, saying:
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'Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him,
and against all Egypt;
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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, that hath said: My
river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
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And 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.
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And I will cast thee into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers; thou
shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered;
to the beasts of the earth and to the fowls of the heaven have I given thee for food.
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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.
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When they take hold of thee with the hand, thou dost break, and rend all their shoulders;
and when they lean upon thee, thou breakest, and makest all their loins to be at a
stand.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and will
cut off from thee man and beast.
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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.
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Therefore, behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the
land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to Syene even unto the border
of Ethiopia.
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No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither
shall it be inhabited forty years.
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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.
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For thus saith the Lord GOD: At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians
from the peoples whither they were scattered;
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and I will turn the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land
of Pathros, into the land of their origin; and they shall be there a lowly kingdom.
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It shall be the lowliest of the kingdoms, neither shall it any more lift itself up
above the nations; and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the
nations.
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And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to
remembrance, when they turn after them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.'
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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:
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'Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service
against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled; yet had he
no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it;
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her abundance, and take her spoil, and take
her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
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I have given him the land of Egypt as his hire for which he served, because they wrought
for Me, saith the Lord GOD.
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In that day will I cause a horn to shoot up unto the house of Israel, and I will give
thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am
the LORD.'