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A Prophecy of Egypt’s Ruin
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|Ezequiel 29:1| In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
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|Ezequiel 29:2| “Son of man, turn your face toward Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all of Egypt. a
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|Ezequiel 29:3| Speak to him and say: This is what the Lord GOD says:Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster 1 b lying in the middle of his Nile, who says, ‘My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.’
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|Ezequiel 29:4|I will put hooks in your jaws c and make the fish of your streams cling to your scales. I will haul you up from the middle of your Nile, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.
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|Ezequiel 29:5|I will leave you in the desert, d you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open ground and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. e I have given you to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky as food. f
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|Ezequiel 29:6|Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, for they 2 have been a staff made of reed to the house of Israel.
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|Ezequiel 29:7|When Israel grasped you by the hand, you splintered, g tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you shattered and made all their hips unsteady. 3
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|Ezequiel 29:8| “Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I am going to bring a sword h against you and wipe out man and animal from you.
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|Ezequiel 29:9| The land of Egypt will be a desolate ruin. i Then they will know that I am Yahweh. Because you 4 said, ‘The Nile is my own; I made it,’
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|Ezequiel 29:10| therefore, I am against you and your Nile. I will turn the land of Egypt into ruins, a desolate waste from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.
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