Judgment of Egypt 1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, 2Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
3Speak and say, Thus says the Lord GOD,
4I will put hooks in your jaws
5I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers;
6Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD,
7When they took hold of you with the hand,
8Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will bring upon you a sword and I will cut off from you man and beast.
9The land of Egypt will become a desolation and waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. 13For thus says the Lord GOD, At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered. 14I will turn the fortunes of Egypt and make them return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom. 15It will be the lowest 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 rule over the nations. 16And it will never again be the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing to mind the iniquity of their having turned to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD. 17Now in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, 18Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre; every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had performed against it. 19Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her wealth and capture her spoil and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army. 20I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor which he performed, because they acted for Me, declares the Lord GOD. 21On that day I will make a horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth in their midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org Bible Apps |