In the tenth{H6224} year{H8141}, in the tenth{H6224} month, in the twelfth{H8147}{H6240} day of the month{H2320}, the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} came unto me, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

Son{H1121} of man{H120}, set{H7760}{(H8798)} thy face{H6440} against Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714}, and prophesy{H5012}{(H8734)} against him, and against all Egypt{H4714}:

Speak{H1696}{(H8761)}, and say{H559}{(H8804)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714}, the great{H1419} dragon{H8577} that lieth{H7257}{(H8802)} in the midst{H8432} of his rivers{H2975}, which hath said{H559}{(H8804)}, My river{H2975} is mine own, and I have made{H6213}{(H8804)} it for myself.

But I will put{H5414}{(H8804)} hooks{H2397}{(H8676)}{H2397} in thy jaws{H3895}, and I will cause the fish{H1710} of thy rivers{H2975} to stick{H1692}{(H8689)} unto thy scales{H7193}, and I will bring thee up{H5927}{(H8689)} out of the midst{H8432} of thy rivers{H2975}, and all the fish{H1710} of thy rivers{H2975} shall stick{H1692}{(H8799)} unto thy scales{H7193}.

And I will leave{H5203}{(H8804)} thee thrown into the wilderness{H4057}, thee and all the fish{H1710} of thy rivers{H2975}: thou shalt fall{H5307}{(H8799)} upon the open{H6440} fields{H7704}; thou shalt not be brought together{H622}{(H8735)}, nor gathered{H6908}{(H8735)}: I have given{H5414}{(H8804)} thee for meat{H402} to the beasts{H2416} of the field{H776} and to the fowls{H5775} of the heaven{H8064}.

And all the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Egypt{H4714} shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the LORD{H3068}, because they have been a staff{H4938} of reed{H7070} to the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}.

When they took hold{H8610}{(H8800)} of thee by thy hand{H3709}, thou didst break{H7533}{(H8735)}, and rend{H1234}{(H8804)} all their shoulder{H3802}: and when they leaned{H8172}{(H8736)} upon thee, thou brakest{H7665}{(H8735)}, and madest all their loins{H4975} to be at a stand{H5976}{(H8689)}.

Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Behold, I will bring{H935}{(H8688)} a sword{H2719} upon thee, and cut off{H3772}{(H8689)} man{H120} and beast{H929} out of thee.

And the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} shall be desolate{H8077} and waste{H2723}; and they shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the LORD{H3068}: because he hath said{H559}{(H8804)}, The river{H2975} is mine, and I have made{H6213}{(H8804)} it.

Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers{H2975}, and I will make{H5414}{(H8804)} the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} utterly{H2721} waste{H2723} and desolate{H8077}, from the tower{H4024} of Syene{H5482} even unto the border{H1366} of Ethiopia{H3568}.

No foot{H7272} of man{H120} shall pass through{H5674}{(H8799)} it, nor foot{H7272} of beast{H929} shall pass through{H5674}{(H8799)} it, neither shall it be inhabited{H3427}{(H8799)} forty{H705} years{H8141}.

And I will make{H5414}{(H8804)} the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} desolate{H8077} in the midst{H8432} of the countries{H776} that are desolate{H8074}{(H8737)}, and her cities{H5892} among{H8432} the cities{H5892} that are laid waste{H2717}{(H8716)} shall be desolate{H8077} forty{H705} years{H8141}: and I will scatter{H6327}{(H8689)} the Egyptians{H4714} among the nations{H1471}, and will disperse{H2219}{(H8765)} them through the countries{H776}.

Yet thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; At the end{H7093} of forty{H705} years{H8141} will I gather{H6908}{(H8762)} the Egyptians{H4714} from the people{H5971} whither they were scattered{H6327}{(H8738)}:

And I will bring again{H7725}{(H8804)} the captivity{H7622} of Egypt{H4714}, and will cause them to return{H7725}{(H8689)} into the land{H776} of Pathros{H6624}, into the land{H776} of their habitation{H4351}; and they shall be there a base{H8217} kingdom{H4467}.

It shall be the basest{H8217} of the kingdoms{H4467}; neither shall it exalt{H5375}{(H8691)} itself any more above the nations{H1471}: for I will diminish{H4591}{(H8689)} them, that they shall no more rule{H7287}{(H8800)} over the nations{H1471}.

And it shall be no more the confidence{H4009} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, which bringeth{H2142} their iniquity{H5771} to remembrance{H2142}{(H8688)}, when they shall look{H6437}{(H8800)} after{H310} them: but they shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.

And it came to pass in the seven{H7651} and twentieth{H6242} year{H8141}, in the first{H7223} month, in the first{H259} day of the month{H2320}, the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} came unto me, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

Son{H1121} of man{H120}, Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} caused{H5647} his army{H2428} to serve{H5647}{(H8689)} a great{H1419} service{H5656} against Tyrus{H6865}: every head{H7218} was made bald{H7139}{(H8716)}, and every shoulder{H3802} was peeled{H4803}{(H8803)}: yet had he no wages{H7939}, nor his army{H2428}, for Tyrus{H6865}, for the service{H5656} that he had served{H5647}{(H8804)} against it:

Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Behold, I will give{H5414}{(H8802)} the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} unto Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}; and he shall take{H5375}{(H8804)} her multitude{H1995}, and take{H7997}{(H8804)} her spoil{H7998}, and take{H962}{(H8804)} her prey{H957}; and it shall be the wages{H7939} for his army{H2428}.

I have given{H5414}{(H8804)} him the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} for his labour{H6468} wherewith he served{H5647}{(H8804)} against it, because they wrought{H6213}{(H8804)} for me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.

In that day{H3117} will I cause{H6779} the horn{H7161} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} to bud forth{H6779}{(H8686)}, and I will give{H5414}{(H8799)} thee the opening{H6610} of the mouth{H6310} in the midst{H8432} of them; and they shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the LORD{H3068}.