1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth
day of the month, the word of Yahweh 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, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
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 my own, and I have
made it for myself. 4 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. 5 I will cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the
fish of your rivers: you shall fall on the open field; you shall not be
brought together, nor 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
shall know that I 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 did break,
and did tear all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and
mad all their loins to be at a stand. 8 Therefore thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off from you man
and animal. 9 The land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and
they shall know that I 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, and 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
shall pass through it, nor foot of animal shall pass through it, neither
shall it be inhabited forty years. 12 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. 13 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: At the end of forty years
will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered;
14 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. 15 It shall be the base 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. 16 It shall be no more the
confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they
turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.
17 It came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first
month, in the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came
to me, saying, 18 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. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord
Yahweh: 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. 20 I have given him the
land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they worked for
me, says the Lord Yahweh. 21 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 Yahweh.
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