29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
29:2 “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
29:3 Speak and say, ‘This is what the Lord ①GOD says:
“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
The great ②monster that lies in the midst of his ③canals,
That has said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.’
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch ②Heb tannim ③Or Nile
29:4 I will put hooks in your jaws
And make the fish of your ①canals cling to your scales.
And I will bring you up out of the midst of your ②canals,
And all the fish of your ③canals will cling to your scales.
▷ ①Or Nile ②Or Nile ③Or Nile
29:5 I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your ①canals;
You will fall on the ②open field; you will not be brought together or ③gathered.
I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
▷ ①Or Nile ②Lit faces of the field ③Or with several mss and Targum, buried
29:6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD,
Because they have been only a staff made of reed to the house of Israel.
29:7 When they took hold of you with the hand,
You broke and tore all their ①hands;
And when they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their hips ②shake.”
▷ ①As in some ancient versions; MT shoulders ②Cf. ancient versions; MT stand
29:8 ‘Therefore the Lord GOD says this: “Behold, I am going to bring upon you a sword, and I will cut off from you human and animal life.
29:9 The land of Egypt will become a desolation and place of ruins. Then they will know that I am the LORD. “Because ①you said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I have made it,’
▷ ①As in ancient versions; MT he
29:10 therefore, behold, I am against you and against your ①canals, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and as far as the border of ②Cush.
▷ ①Or Nile ②Or Ethiopia
29:11 A human foot will not pass through it, nor will the foot of an animal pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.
29:12 So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of deserted lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate for forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.”
29:13 ‘For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples ①among whom they were scattered.
▷ ①Lit where
29:14 And I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom.
29:15 It will be the lowest of the kingdoms, and it will not raise itself above the nations again. And I will make them small so that they will not rule over the nations.
29:16 And it will no longer be a kingdom on which the house of Israel relies, ①bringing to mind the guilt of their having turned ②to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.” ’ ”
▷ ①Lit causing to remember ②Lit after them
29:17 Now in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
29:18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor ①hard against Tyre; every head ②had a bald spot and every shoulder was rubbed raw. But he and his army acquired no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had ③performed against it.”
▷ ①Lit a great labor ②I.e., injuries from the labor ③Lit labored
29:19 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am going to give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her wealth and capture her spoils and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army.
29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor which he ①performed, because they acted for Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
▷ ①Lit labored
29:21 “On that day I will make a horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will ①open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
▷ ①Lit give you an opening of the mouth