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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, Explain This Verse
2.
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: Explain This Verse
3.
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. Explain This Verse
4.
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. Explain This Verse
5.
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. Explain This Verse
6.
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. Explain This Verse
7.
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. Explain This Verse
8.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. Explain This Verse
9.
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. Explain This Verse
10.
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 Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. Explain This Verse
11.
No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. Explain This Verse
12.
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. Explain This Verse
13.
Yet thus saith the Lord God; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: Explain This Verse
14.
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. Explain This Verse
15.
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. Explain This Verse
16.
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. Explain This Verse
17.
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, Explain This Verse
18.
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar 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: Explain This Verse
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Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar 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. Explain This Verse
20.
I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God. Explain This Verse
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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. Explain This Verse