In the atenth year
, in the tenth
month, on the twelfth
of the month
, the word
of the LORD
came
to me saying
,
"Son of man
, set
your face
against
aPharaoh
king
of Egypt
and prophesy
against
him and against
all
bEgypt
.
"Speak and say
, `Thus
says
the Lord
1GOD
, "Behold
, I am against
you, Pharaoh
king
of Egypt
, The great
2 amonster
that lies
in the midst
of his 3rivers
, That bhas said
, `My Nile
is mine, and I myself
have made
it.'
"I will put ahooks
in your jaws
And make the fish
of your 1rivers
cling
to your scales
. And I will bring
you up out of the midst
of your 1rivers
, And all
the fish
of your 1rivers
will cling
to your scales
.
"I will aabandon you to the wilderness
, you and all
the fish
of your 1rivers
; You will fall
on the 2open
field
; you will not be brought
together
or 3 bgathered
. I have given
you for cfood
to the beasts
of the earth
and to the birds
of the sky
.
"Then all the inhabitants
of Egypt
will know
that I am the LORD
, Because
they have been
only a astaff
made of reed
to the house
of Israel
.
"When they took hold
of you with the hand
, You abroke
and tore
all
their 1hands
; And when they leaned
on you, You broke
and made all
their loins
2quake
."
`Therefore thus
says
the Lord
GOD
, "Behold
, I will abring
upon you a sword
and I will cut
off
from you man
and beast
.
"The aland of Egypt
will become
a desolation
and waste
. Then they will know
that I am the LORD
.
Because 1you bsaid
, `The Nile
is mine, and I have made
it,'
therefore, behold
, I am aagainst
you and against
your 1rivers
, and I will make
the land
of Egypt
an utter
waste
and desolation
, from Migdol
to Syene
and even to the border
of 2Ethiopia
.
"A man's foot
will anot pass
through it, and the foot
of a beast
will not pass
through it, and it will not be inhabited
for forty
years
.
"So I will make the land
of Egypt
a desolation
in the amidst
of desolated
lands
. And her cities
, in the midst
of cities
that are laid
waste
, will be desolate
forty
years
; and I will bscatter
the Egyptians
among the nations
and disperse
them among the lands
."
`For thus says
the Lord
GOD
, "At the end
of forty
years
I will agather
the Egyptians
from the peoples
1among whom
they were scattered
.
"I will turn the fortunes
of Egypt
and make
them return
to the land
of aPathros
, to the land
of their origin
, and there
they will be a lowly
kingdom
.
"It will be the alowest of the kingdoms
, and it will never
again
lift
itself up above
the nations
. And I will make
them so small
that they will not brule
over
the nations
.
"And it will never again
be the aconfidence
of the house
of Israel
, 1 bbringing
to mind
the iniquity
of their having turned
2to Egypt. Then they will know
that I am the Lord
GOD
.""'
Now in the atwenty-seventh year
, in the first
month, on the first
of the month
, the word
of the LORD
came
to me saying
,
"Son of man
, aNebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon
made his army
labor
1hard
against
Tyre
; every
head
was made
bbald
and every
shoulder
was rubbed
bare
. But he and his army
had
no
wages
from Tyre
for the labor
that he had 2performed
against
it."
Therefore thus
says
the Lord
GOD
, "Behold
, I awill give
the land
of Egypt
to Nebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon
. And he will carry
off
her 1 bwealth
and capture
her spoil
and seize
her plunder
; and it will be wages
for his army
.
"I have given him the land
of Egypt
for his labor
which
he 1 aperformed
, because
they acted
for Me," declares
the Lord
GOD
.
"On that day I will make a ahorn
sprout
for the house
of Israel
, and I will 1 bopen
your mouth
in their midst
. Then they will know
that I am the LORD
."