Ezekiel Chapter 29

• Ezekiel 29:1
  Ezekiel.
• Ezekiel 29:2
  In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
• Ezekiel 29:3
  “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
• Ezekiel 29:4
  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...
• Ezekiel 29:5
  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, wit...
• Ezekiel 29:6
  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. ...
• Ezekiel 29:7
  “‘“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.
• Ezekiel 29:8
  When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders. When they leaned on you, you broke and paralyzed all of their thighs....
• Ezekiel 29:9
  “‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.
• Ezekiel 29:10
  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 mad...
• Ezekiel 29:11
  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 ev...
• Ezekiel 29:12
  No foot of man will pass through it, nor will any animal foot pass through it. It won’t be inhabited for forty years.
• Ezekiel 29:13
  I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the middle of the countries that are desolate. Her cities among the cities that are laid waste will be a...
• Ezekiel 29:14
  “‘For the Lord GOD says: “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered.
• Ezekiel 29:15
  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 lowl...
• Ezekiel 29:16
  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 ...
• Ezekiel 29:17
  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...
• Ezekiel 29:18
  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,
• Ezekiel 29:19
  “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 wo...
• Ezekiel 29:20
  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 plund...
• Ezekiel 29:21
  I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he served, because they worked for me,’ says the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 29:22
  “In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”