Ezekiel 29

Judgment on Pharaoh

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A Prophecy Against Egypt

1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day, the word of the LORD came to me:
2 “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
3 Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, you great monster lying among your streams. You say, “The Nile belongs to me; I made it for myself.”
4 But I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales. I will pull you out from among your streams, with all the fish sticking to your scales.
5 I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and not be gathered or picked up. I will give you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.
6 Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the LORD. “ ‘You have been a staff of reed for the people of Israel.
7 When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched.[a]
8 “ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will bring a sword against you and kill both man and beast.
9 Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. “ ‘Because you said, “The Nile is mine; I made it,”
10 therefore I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt a ruin and a desolate waste from Migdol to Aswan, as far as the border of Cush.[b]
11 The foot of neither man nor beast will pass through it; no one will live there for forty years.
12 I will make the land of Egypt desolate among devastated lands, and her cities will lie desolate forty years among ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.
13 “ ‘Yet this is what the Sovereign LORD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations where they were scattered.
14 I will bring them back from captivity and return them to Upper Egypt, the land of their ancestry. There they will be a lowly kingdom.
15 It will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the other nations. I will make it so weak that it will never again rule over the nations.
16 Egypt will no longer be a source of confidence for the people of Israel but will be a reminder of their sin in turning to her for help. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.’ ”

Nebuchadnezzar’s Reward

17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me:
18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon drove his army in a hard campaign against Tyre; every head was rubbed bare and every shoulder made raw. Yet he and his army got no reward from the campaign he led against Tyre.
19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will carry off its wealth. He will loot and plunder the land as pay for his army.
20 I have given him Egypt as a reward for his efforts because he and his army did it for me, declares the Sovereign LORD.
21 “On that day I will make a horn[c] grow for the Israelites, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

Cross References 46

  • 1. ver 17; S Ezekiel 26:1
  • 2. S Ezekiel 25:2
  • 3. S Jeremiah 25:19
  • 4. Isaiah 19:1-17; Jeremiah 46:2; Ezekiel 30:1-26; Ezekiel 31:1-18; Ezekiel 32:1-32
  • 5. Jeremiah 44:30
  • 6. S Psalms 68:30; S Psalms 74:13; Isaiah 27:1; Ezekiel 32:2
  • 7. S Jeremiah 46:8
  • 8. S 2 Kings 19:28; S Job 41:2
  • 9. Ezekiel 38:4
  • 10. S Jeremiah 8:2
  • 11. S Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 34:20; Ezekiel 31:13; Ezekiel 32:4-6; Ezekiel 39:4
  • 12. S 2 Kings 18:21; Isaiah 36:6
  • 13. 2 Kings 18:21; Isaiah 36:6
  • 14. Jeremiah 17:5; Ezekiel 17:15-17
  • 15. Ezekiel 14:17; Ezekiel 25:13; Ezekiel 32:11-13
  • 16. S Jeremiah 46:8
  • 17. Eze 30:7-8,13-19
  • 18. S Jeremiah 21:13
  • 19. S Exodus 3:22
  • 20. S Jeremiah 46:19
  • 21. S Exodus 14:2
  • 22. Ezekiel 30:6
  • 23. Isaiah 18:1; Ezekiel 30:4
  • 24. Ezekiel 32:13
  • 25. S Isaiah 34:10
  • 26. S Jeremiah 46:19; Eze 30:7,23,26
  • 27. S Isaiah 11:11; Ezekiel 30:14
  • 28. Ezekiel 17:14
  • 29. S Isaiah 19:22; Jeremiah 46:26
  • 30. Zechariah 10:11
  • 31. 2 Chronicles 32:10; Isaiah 36:4,6
  • 32. S Numbers 5:15
  • 33. S Lamentations 4:17
  • 34. Isaiah 20:5; S Isaiah 30:2; Hosea 8:13
  • 35. S ver 1; S Ezekiel 24:1; Ezekiel 30:20; Ezekiel 40:1
  • 36. Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 39:1; Ezekiel 26:7-8
  • 37. S Leviticus 13:40; S Job 1:20; S Jeremiah 48:37
  • 38. Genesis 49:15
  • 39. S Isaiah 19:4
  • 40. S Ezekiel 26:5
  • 41. Jeremiah 43:10-13; Eze 30:4,10,24-25; Ezekiel 32:11
  • 42. S Isaiah 43:3
  • 43. Isaiah 10:6-7; Isaiah 45:1; S Jeremiah 25:9
  • 44. S Psalms 132:17; S Luke 1:69
  • 45. Ezekiel 33:22
  • 46. S Ezekiel 3:27; Ezekiel 24:27

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Syriac (see also Septuagint and Vulgate); Hebrew "and you caused their backs to stand"
  • [b]. That is, the upper Nile region
  • [c]. "Horn" here symbolizes strength.

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