A
Prophesy Against Egypt
In
the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day,
The
Word of the Lord came to me:
2
'Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt
And
Prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
3
Speak to him and say:
THIS
IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS:
'I
am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
You
great monster lying among your streams.
You
say, 'The Nile is mine; I made it my self.'
4
But I will put hooks in your jaws
And
make the fish of your streams stick to your scales.
I
will pull you out from among your streams,
With
all the fish sticking to your scales.
5 I
will leave you in the desert,
You
and all the fish of your streams.
You
will fall on the open field
And
not be gathered or picked up.
I
will give you as food to the beast of the earth
And
the birds of the air.
6
THEN ALL WHO LIVE IN EGYPT WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD.
'You
have been a Staff of reed for the House of Israel.
7
When they grasped you with their hands,
You
Splintered and you tore open their shoulders;
When
they leaned on you,
You
broke and their backs were Wrenched.
8
THEREFORE THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS:
I
will bring a Sword against you and Kill your men and their animals.
9
Egypt will become a Desolate Wasteland.
THEN
YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD.
'Because
you said,
'The
Nile is mine; I mad it,'
Therefore
I am against you and against your streams,
And
I will make the land of Egypt a Ruin and a Desolate Waste
From
Migdol to Aswan, as far as the border of Cush.
11
No foot of man or animal will pass through it;
No
one will live there for forty years.
12
I will make the land of Egypt Desolate
Among
the Devastated lands,
And
her Cities will lie Desolate forty years among Ruined Cities.
And
I will Disperse the Egyptians among the Nations
And
Scatter them through the Countries.
13
'YET THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS:
At
the end of forty years
I
will gather the Egyptians from the Nations
Where
they were Scattered.
14
I will bring them back from Captivity
And
return them to Pathros,
The
land of their Ancestry.
There
they will be a lowly kingdom.
15
It will be the lowliest of kingdoms
AND
WILL NEVER AGAIN EXALT ITSELF ABOVE THE OTHER NATIONS.
I
will make it so weak that it will never again rule over the Nations.
16
Egypt will no longer be a source of confidence
For
the people of Israel
But
will be a reminder of their Sin in turning to her for help.
THEN
THEY WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE SOVEREIGN LORD.'
17
In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month on the first day,
The
Word of the Lord came to me:
18
'Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
Drove
his army in a hard campaign against Tyre;
Every
head was rubbed bare and every shoulder made raw.
Yet
he and his army got no reward
From
the campaign he led against Tyre.
19
THEREFORE THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS:
I
am going to give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
He
will carry off its wealth
He
will loot and plunder the land as pay for his army.
20
I have given him Egypt as a Reward for his efforts
BECAUSE
HE AND HIS ARMY DID IT FOR ME,
DECLARES
THE SOVEREIGN LORD.
21
'On that day I will make a Horn grow for the House of Israel,
And
I will open your mouth among them.
THEN
THEY WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD.
(Ezekiel
29)
Notice
the Precision of the dates.
Everything
in the Word of God is Meticulously Orchestrated
As
is everything in Creation.
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