Ezekiel 29
Prophecies against
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In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of
the LORD came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh
king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: Is.
19.1-25 · Jer. 46.2-26
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speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh
king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his
rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have
made it for myself.
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But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I
will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I
will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish
of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
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And I will leave thee thrown into
the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall
upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor
gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and
to the fowls of the heaven.
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And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall
know that I am the LORD, because they
have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
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When they took hold of thee by thy hand,
thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned
upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a
stand.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut
off man and beast out of thee.
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And the land of Egypt shall be desolate
and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it,
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behold, therefore I am against
thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt
utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Sy-e'ne even
unto the border of Ethiopia.
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No foot of man shall pass through it, nor
foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited
forty years.
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And I will make the land of Egypt
desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and
her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be
desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the
nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
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Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the
Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:
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and I will bring again the captivity of
Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of
Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there
a base kingdom.
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It shall be the basest of the kingdoms;
neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will
diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the
nations.
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And it shall be no more the confidence of
the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to
remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know
that I am the Lord GOD.
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And it came to pass in the seven and
twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying,
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Son of man, Nebuchadrez'zar king of
Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus:
every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the
service that he had served against it:
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therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto
Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude,
and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for
his army.
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I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor wherewith he served against it, because they
wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.
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In that day will I cause the horn of
the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening
of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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