Ezek 29
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In the twelfth year, in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the word of
the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, set your face against Pharao king of Egypt, and prophesy against him,
and against the whole of Egypt:
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and say, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I am against Pharao, the great dragon that lies
in the midst of his rivers, that says, The rivers are mine, and I made them.
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And I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will cause the fish of your river to stick
to your Gr. wings sides, and I will bring you up out of the midst of your river:
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and I will quickly cast down you and all the fish of your river: you shall fall on
the face of the plain, and shall by no means be gathered, and shall not be brought
together: I have given you for food to the wild beasts of the earth and to the fowls
of the sky.
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And all the dwellers in Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because you have been
a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
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When they took hold of you with their hand, you did break: and when every hand was
clapped against them, and when they leaned on you, you were utterly broken, and did
crush the loins of them all.
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Therefore thus says the Lord; 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 ruined and desert; and they shall know that I am the
Lord; because you say, The rivers are mine, and I made them.
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Therefore, behold, I am against you, and against all your rivers, and I will give
up the land of Egypt to desolation, and the sword, and destruction, from Magdol and
Syene even to the borders of the Ethiopians.
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No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it,
and it shall not be inhabited for forty years.
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And I will cause her land to be utterly destroyed in the midst of a land that is desolate,
and her cities shall be desolate forty years in the midst of cities that are desolate:
and I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and will Gr. pulverise utterly scatter them into the countries.
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Thus says the Lord; After forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations
among whom they have been scattered;
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and I will See Eph 4:8. A. V. margin turn the captivity of the Egyptians, and will cause them to dwell in the land of
Phathore, in the land whence they were taken;
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and it shall be a base kingdom beyond all other kingdoms; it shall not any more be
exalted over the nations; and I will make them few in number, that they may not be
great among the nations.
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And they shall no more be to the house of Israel a confidence bringing iniquity to
remembrance, when they follow after them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
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And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the month, the
word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service
against Tyre; every head was bald, and every shoulder Heb. word in Greek letters peeled; yet there was no reward to him or
to his army serving against Tyre, nor for
the service wherewith they served against it.
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Thus says the Lord God; Behold, I will give to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon the
land of Egypt, Heb. and Alex. +’and he shall take her multitude’ and he shall take the plunder thereof, and seize the spoils
thereof; and it shall
be a reward for his army.
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In return for his service wherewith he served against Tyre, I have given him the land
of Egypt; Alex. +’for all they did for me’ thus says the Lord God:
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In that day shall a horn spring forth for all the house of Israel, and I will give
you an Lit. opened open mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.