Ezekiel 29:1-16

Ezekiel 29:1-16

[1] In the tenth  year,  in the tenth  month, in the twelfth  day of the month,  the word  of the LORD  came unto me, saying,  [2] Son  of man,  set  thy face  against Pharaoh  king  of Egypt,  and prophesy  against him, and against all Egypt:  [3] Speak,  and say,  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. [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.  [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.  [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.  [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.  [8] Therefore thus saith  the Lord  GOD;  Behold, I will bring  a sword  upon thee, and cut off  man  and beast  [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. [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.  [11] No foot  of man  shall pass through  it, nor foot  of beast  shall pass through  it, neither shall it be inhabited  forty  years.  [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.  [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:  [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.  [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.  [16] And it shall be no more the confidence  of the house  of Israel,  their iniquity  to remembrance,  when they shall look  after  them: but they shall know  that I am the Lord