A Prophecy against Pharaoh
In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Ezk 26:1Ezk 29:17Ezk 20:1Ezk 1:2Ezk 40:1Ezk 8:1 “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. Ezk 6:2Jer 44:30Jer 46:2-16Ezk 20:46Ezk 21:2Ezk 25:2Ezk 28:21-22Ezk 30:1 Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Ezk 32:2Isa 27:1Jer 44:30Deu 8:17Ezk 29:9-10Dan 4:30-31Ezk 28:2Ezk 28:22
Behold, I am against you,
O Pharaoh king of Egypt,
O great monster who lies
among his rivers,
who says, ‘The Nile is mine;
I made it myself.’
But I will put hooks in your jaws 2Ki 19:28Ezk 38:4Amo 4:2Hab 1:14-15Isa 37:29Job 41:1-2
and cause the fish of your streams
to cling to your scales.
I will haul you up out of your rivers,
and all the fish of your streams
will cling to your scales.
I will leave you in the desert, Ezk 32:4-6Jer 34:20Jer 7:33Jer 8:2Jer 25:33Psa 110:5-61Sa 17:44Ezk 31:18
you and all the fish of your streams.
You will fall on the open field
and will not be taken away
or gathered for burial.
I have given you as food
to the beasts of the earth
and the birds of the air.
Then all the people of Egypt 2Ki 18:21Isa 36:6Exo 14:18Exo 9:14Ezk 28:22-24Ezk 28:26Isa 20:5-6Isa 30:2-7
will know that I am the LORD.
For you were only a staff of reeds
to the house of Israel.
When Israel took hold of you with their hands, Isa 36:6Ezk 17:15-17Jer 17:5-6Jer 37:5-11Pro 25:19Psa 118:8-9Psa 146:3-4
you splintered, tearing all their shoulders;
when they leaned on you,
you broke, and their backs were wrenched. 1
The Desolation of Egypt
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast. Ezk 14:17Exo 12:12Ezk 25:13Ezk 29:19-20Ezk 30:10Ezk 30:4Ezk 32:10-13Gen 6:7 The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Ezk 29:3Ezk 29:10-12Pro 16:18Pro 18:12Ezk 30:13-19Ezk 30:7-8Jer 43:10-13Pro 29:23
Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’ therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush. 2 Ezk 30:12Exo 14:2Ezk 29:11Ezk 30:6-9Hab 3:8Jer 44:1Jer 46:14 No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years. Ezk 32:13Jer 43:11-122Ch 36:21Dan 9:2Ezk 30:10-13Ezk 31:12Ezk 33:28Ezk 36:28
I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries. Ezk 30:23Ezk 30:7Jer 46:19Ezk 30:26Jer 25:15-19Jer 27:6-11
For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered. Isa 19:22Jer 46:26 I will restore Egypt from captivity 3and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom. Ezk 30:14Isa 11:11Jer 44:11Ch 1:12Gen 10:14
Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the nations. For I will diminish Egypt so that it will never again rule over the nations. Ezk 30:13Zec 10:11Ezk 17:14Ezk 17:6Ezk 31:2Ezk 32:2Nam 3:8-9Dan 11:42-43 Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.” Ezk 29:6-7Hos 8:13Isa 20:5Ezk 21:23Isa 30:1-6Isa 64:9Jer 14:10Jer 2:36-37
Egypt the Reward of Nebuchadnezzar
In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Ezk 29:1Ezk 1:2Ezk 24:1 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it. Jer 27:6Ezk 26:7-12Jer 25:9Jer 48:37
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army. Ezk 30:24-25Jer 43:10-13Ezk 30:10-12Ezk 32:11Ezk 30:4Ezk 29:8-10 I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD. Isa 10:6-7Jer 25:9Isa 45:1-32Ki 10:30
In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.” 1Sa 2:10Luk 21:15Psa 132:17Amo 3:7-8Ezk 24:27Ezk 33:22Luk 1:69Psa 92:10