41 lines
3.5 KiB
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41 lines
3.5 KiB
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# Chapter 29
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1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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2 “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt.
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3 Speak, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
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“Behold, I am against you,
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O Pharaoh king of Egypt,
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O great monster who lies in the midst of his rivers,
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Who has said, ‘My River is my own;
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I have made it for myself.’
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4 But I will put hooks in your jaws,
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And cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales;
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I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers,
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And all the fish in your rivers will stick to your scales.
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5 I will leave you in the wilderness,
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You and all the fish of your rivers;
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You shall fall on the open field;
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You shall not be picked up or gathered.
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I have given you as food
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To the beasts of the field
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And to the birds of the heavens.
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6 “Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
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Shall know that I am the Lord,
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Because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
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7 When they took hold of you with the hand,
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You broke and tore all their shoulders;
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When they leaned on you,
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You broke and made all their backs quiver.”
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8 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will bring a sword upon you and cut off from you man and beast.
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9 And the land of Egypt shall become desolate and waste; then they will know that I am the Lord, because he said, ‘The River is mine, and I have made it.’
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10 Indeed, therefore, I am against you and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia.
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11 Neither foot of man shall pass through it nor foot of beast pass through it, and it shall be uninhabited forty years.
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12 I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and among the cities that are laid waste, her cities shall be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries.”
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13 ‘Yet, thus says the Lord God: “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered.
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14 I will bring back the captives of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom.
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15 It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms; it shall never again exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish them so that they will not rule over the nations anymore.
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16 No longer shall it be the confidence of the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity when they turned to follow them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God.” ’ ”
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17 And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder rubbed raw; yet neither he nor his army received wages from Tyre, for the labor which they expended on it.
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19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Surely I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that will be the wages for his army.
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20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor, because they worked for Me,’ says the Lord God.
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21 ‘In that day I will cause the horn of the house of Israel to spring forth, and I will open your mouth to speak in their midst. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’ ” |