Chapter 29
1 In the tenth year , in the tenth month , on the twelfth day of the month , the LORD ’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 GOD 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 will bring 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 brought together 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 that I am the LORD , 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 paralysed all of their thighs."
8 "‘ Therefore the Lord GOD 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 that I am the LORD . "‘" 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 amongst the cities that are laid waste will be a desolation forty years . I will scatter the Egyptians amongst the nations , and will disperse them through the countries."
13 "‘ For the Lord GOD 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 that they 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 GOD ."’"
17 It came to pass in the twenty-seventh year , in the first month , in the first day of the month , the LORD ’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 GOD 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 GOD .
21 " In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel , and I will open your mouth amongst them . Then they will know that I am the LORD ."