The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Ezekiel 29
1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month,
on the twelfth day of the month, Yahweh’s
word came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, set your face against
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy
against him and against all Egypt.
3 Speak and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says:
“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of
Egypt, the great monster that lies in
the middle of his rivers,
that has said, ‘My river is my own,
and I have made it for myself.’
4 I will put hooks in your jaws,
and I will make the fish of your rivers
stick to your scales. I willbring you up out of the
middle of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which
stick to your scales.
5 I’ll cast you out into the wilderness,
you and all the fish of your rivers.
You’ll fall on the open field.
You won’t be broughttogether or gathered.
I have given you for food to the animals of
the earth and to the birds of the sky.
6 All the inhabitants of Egypt will
know thatI am Yahweh, because they have
been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 When they took hold of you by your
hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders.
When they leaned on you, you broke
and paralyzed all of their thighs.”
8 “ ‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh says:
“Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and
will cut off man and animal from you.
9 The land of Egypt will be a desolation
and a waste. Then they will know thatI am
Yahweh. Because he has said, ‘The river is
mine, and I have made it,
10 therefore, behold, I am against you
and against your rivers. I will make the
land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation,
from the tower of Seveneh even to the
border of Ethiopia.
11 No foot of man will pass through it,
nor will any animal foot pass through it. It
won’t be inhabited for forty years.
12 I will make the land of Egypt a desolation
in the middle of the countries that
are desolate. Her cities among the cities
that are laid waste will be a desolation
forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians
among the nations, and will disperse them
through the countries.
13 For the Lord Yahweh says: “At the
end of forty years I will gather the
Egyptians from the peoples where they were
scattered.
14 I will reverse the captivity of Egypt,
and will cause them to return into the land
of Pathros, into the land of their birth.
There they will be a lowly kingdom.
15 It will be the lowest of the kingdoms.
It won’t lift itself up above the nations any
more. I will diminish them so thatthey will
no longer rule over the nations.
16 It will no longer be the confidence
of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity
to memory, when they turn to look after
them. Then they will know that I am the
Lord Yahweh.
17 It came to pass in the twenty-seventh
year, in the first month, in the first day
of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me,
saying,
18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon caused his army to serve a
great service against Tyre. Every head
was made bald, and every shoulder was
worn; yet he had no wages, nor did his
army, from Tyre, for the service that he
had served against it.
19 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold,
I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon. He will carry off her multitude,
take her plunder, and take her prey.
That will be the wages for his army.
20 I have given him the land of Egypt as
his payment for which he served, because
they worked for me,’ says the Lord Yahweh.
21 “In that day I will cause a horn to
sprout for the house of Israel, and I will
open your mouth among them. Then they
will know that I am Yahweh.”