Ezekiel 29

Prophecy Against Egypt

1 i In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 j "Son of man, k set your face against l Pharaoh king of Egypt, m and prophesy against him and n against all Egypt;

3 speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God:
o "Behold, I am against you,
Pharaoh king of Egypt,
p the great dragon that lies
in the midst of his streams,
q that says, 'My Nile is my own;
I made it for myself.'
 4 I will r put hooks in your jaws,
and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales;
and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams,
with all the fish of your streams
that stick to your scales.
 5 s And I will cast you out into the wilderness,
you and all the fish of your streams;
you shall fall t on the open field,
and u not be brought together or gathered.
To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens
s I give you as food.

6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt v shall know that I am the Lord. "Because you 1 have been w a staff of reed to the house of Israel, 7 x when they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake. 2 8 Therefore thus says the Lord God: y Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast,

9 and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. v Then they will know that I am the Lord. z "Because you 3 said, 'The Nile is mine, and I made it,' 10 therefore, z behold, I am against you and a against your streams, and a I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, b from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush. 11 c No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it; it shall be uninhabited forty years. 12 d And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries, and her cities shall be a desolation forty years among cities that are laid waste. e I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.

13 "For thus says the Lord God: At the end of forty years f I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered, 14 and g I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to h the land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom. 15 It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms, i and never again exalt itself above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will never again rule over the nations. 16 And it shall never again be j the reliance of the house of Israel, recalling their iniquity, when they turn to them for aid. k Then they will know that I am the Lord God."

17 l In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 18 m "Son of man, n Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare, yet neither he nor his army got anything from Tyre to pay for the labor that he had performed against her. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: o Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; p and he shall carry off its wealth 4 q and despoil it and plunder it; and it shall be the wages for his army. 20 r I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he labored, because they worked for me, declares the Lord God.

21 "On that day s I will cause a horn to spring up for the house of Israel, and t I will open your lips among them. u Then they will know that I am the Lord."

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:1
    In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:2
    Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:2
    Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: "You consider yourself a lion of the nations, but you are like a dragon in the seas; you burst forth in your rivers, trouble the waters with your feet, and foul their rivers.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:2
    Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 19:1
    An oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and comes to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence, and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 13:8
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : "Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord God.
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:2
    Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: "You consider yourself a lion of the nations, but you are like a dragon in the seas; you burst forth in your rivers, trouble the waters with your feet, and foul their rivers.
    Psalms 74:13 - 14
    You divided the sea by your might; you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.
    Isaiah 27:1
    In that day the Lord with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.
    Isaiah 51:9
    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord ; awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 29:9
    And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the Lord. "Because you said, 'The Nile is mine, and I made it.
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 19:9
    With hooks they put him in a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into custody, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
    Ezekiel 38:4
    And I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great host, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords.
    2 Kings 19:28
    Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:4 - 5
    And I will cast you on the ground; on the open field I will fling you, and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle on you, and I will gorge the beasts of the whole earth with you.
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:4 - 5
    And I will cast you on the ground; on the open field I will fling you, and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle on you, and I will gorge the beasts of the whole earth with you.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:22
    Speak, "Thus declares the Lord : 'The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves after the reaper, and none shall gather them.'
  14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:2
    And they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped. And they shall not be gathered or buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:7
    And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
  16. Cross References
    2 Kings 18:21
    Behold, you are trusting now in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
    Isaiah 36:6
    Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
  17. Cross References
    Ezekiel 17:17
    Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company ...
    Isaiah 20:5
    Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because...
    Isaiah 30:3
    Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn ...
    Isaiah 30:5
    Everyone comes to shame through a people that c...
    Jeremiah 2:36
    How much you go about, changing your way! You s...
    Jeremiah 37:5
    The army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt. And ...
    Jeremiah 37:7
    Thus says the Lord, God of Israel: Thus shall y...
  18. Cross References
    Ezekiel 14:17
    Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Let a sword pass through the land, and I cut off from it man and beast.
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 29:6
    Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord. "Because you have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 29:3
    Speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God : "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams, that says, 'My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.
    Ezekiel 13:8
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : "Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord God.
  21. Cross References
    Ezekiel 29:9
    And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the Lord. "Because you said, 'The Nile is mine, and I made it.
  22. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:12
    And I will dry up the Nile and will sell the land into the hand of evildoers; I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it, by the hand of foreigners; I am the Lord ; I have spoken.
  23. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:12
    And I will dry up the Nile and will sell the land into the hand of evildoers; I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it, by the hand of foreigners; I am the Lord ; I have spoken.
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:6
    Thus says the Lord : Those who support Egypt shall fall, and her proud might shall come down; from Migdol to Syene they shall fall within her by the sword, declares the Lord God.
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:13
    I will destroy all its beasts from beside many waters; and no foot of man shall trouble them anymore, nor shall the hoofs of beasts trouble them.
    Ezekiel 35:7
    I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go.
  26. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:7
    And they shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries, and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
  27. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:23
    I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries.
    Ezekiel 30:26
    And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
    Jeremiah 46:19
    Prepare yourselves baggage for exile, O inhabitants of Egypt! For Memphis shall become a waste, a ruin, without inhabitant.
  28. Cross References
    Isaiah 19:22 - 23
    And the Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the Lord, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.
    Jeremiah 46:26
    I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their life, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. Afterward Egypt shall be inhabited as in the days of old, declares the Lord.
  29. Cross References
    Ezekiel 39:25
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name.
  30. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:14
    I will make Pathros a desolation and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments on Thebes.
    Isaiah 11:11
    In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
  31. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:13
    Thus says the Lord God : "I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis; there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt; so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
  32. Cross References
    Isaiah 30:2 - 3
    Who set out to go down to Egypt, without asking for my direction, to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
    Isaiah 36:4
    And the Rabshakeh said to them, "Say to Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this trust of yours?
    Isaiah 36:6
    Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
    Lamentations 4:17
    Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; in our watching we watched for a nation which could not save.
  33. Cross References
    Ezekiel 29:6
    Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord. "Because you have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
    Ezekiel 6:7
    And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
  34. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:1
    In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.
  35. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  36. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:7
    For thus says the Lord God : Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers.
  37. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:10
    Thus says the Lord God : "I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
    Ezekiel 30:24 - 25
    And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him like a man mortally wounded.
    Ezekiel 32:11
    For thus says the Lord God : The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you.
    Jeremiah 46:13
    The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
  38. Cross References
    Ezekiel 30:4
    A sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Cush, when the slain fall in Egypt, and her wealth is carried away, and her foundations are torn down.
  39. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:12
    I will cause your multitude to fall by the swords of mighty ones, all of them most ruthless of nations. "They shall bring to ruin the pride of Egypt, and all its multitude shall perish.
  40. Cross References
    Isaiah 43:3
    For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
  41. Cross References
    Psalms 132:17
    There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
    Luke 1:69
    And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David.
  42. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:27
    On that day your mouth will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.
    Ezekiel 33:22
    Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came; and he had opened my mouth by the time the man came to me in the morning, so my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.
    Ezekiel 16:63
    That you may remember and be confounded, and never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I atone for you for all that you have done, declares the Lord God.
  43. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:7
    And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
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