Ezek 29
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In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth [day] of the month, the word
of YHWH came to me, saying,
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Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him,
and against all Egypt;
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speak, and say, Thus says the Lord YHWH: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of
Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, My river
is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
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And I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will cause the fish of your rivers to stick
to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, with all
the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.
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And I will cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers:
you shall fall upon the open field; you shall not be brought together, nor gathered;
I have given you for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens.
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And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am YHWH, because they have been
a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
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When they took hold of you by your hand, you did break, and did rend all their shoulders;
and when they leaned upon you, you break, and made all their loins to be at a stand.
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Therefore thus says the Lord YHWH: Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will
cut off from you man and beast.
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And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that
I am YHWH. Because he has said, The river is mine, and I have made it;
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therefore, behold, I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the
land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to 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 a desolation in the midst of the countries that
are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation
forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse
them through the countries.
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For thus says the Lord YHWH: At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians
from the peoples where they were scattered;
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and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the
land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
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It shall be the basest 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 to look after them: and they shall know that I am the
Lord YHWH.
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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 YHWH came to 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 worn; 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 says the Lord YHWH: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude, 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 recompense for which he served, because
they wrought for me, says the Lord YHWH.
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In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth to the house of Israel, and I will give
you the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am YHWH.