Book 14 : NEVIIM - EZEKIEL - Chapter 029
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In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day
of the month, the word of HaShem came unto me, saying
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'Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt
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speak, and say: Thus saith the L-rd GOD: behold, I am
against thee, Pharaoh King of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of
his rivers, that hath said: My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself
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And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish
of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the
midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales
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And I will cast thee into the wilderness, thee and all the
fish of thy rivers; thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be
brought together, nor gathered; to the beasts of the earth and to the fowls of
the heaven have I given thee for food
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And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am
HaShem, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel
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When they take hold of thee with the hand, thou dost break,
and rend all their shoulders; and when they lean upon thee, thou breakest, and
makest all their loins to be at a stand
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Therefore thus saith the L-rd GOD: Behold, I will bring a
sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast
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And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste, and they
shall know that I am HaShem; because he hath said: The river is mine, and I have
made it
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Therefore, behold, I am against thee, and against thy
rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from
Migdol to Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia
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No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast
shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years
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And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of
the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid
waste shall be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the
nations, and will disperse them through the countries
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For thus saith the L-rd GOD: At the end of forty years
will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples whither they were scattered
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and I will turn the captivity of Egypt, and will cause
them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their origin; and they
shall be there a lowly kingdom
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It shall be the lowliest of the kingdoms, neither shall it
any more lift itself up above the nations; and I will diminish them, that they
shall no more rule over the nations
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And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of
Israel, bringing iniquity to remembrance, when they turn after them; and they
shall know that I am the L-rd GOD.
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And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in
the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of HaShem came unto me,
saying
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'Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his
army to serve a great service against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every
shoulder was peeled; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the
service that he had served against it
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Therefore thus saith the L-rd GOD: Behold, I will give the
land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her
abundance, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for
his army
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I have given him the land of Egypt as his hire for which
he served, because they wrought for Me, saith the L-rd GOD
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In that day will I cause a horn to shoot up unto the house
of Israel, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them;
and they shall know that I am HaShem.
Book 14 : NEVIIM - EZEKIEL - Chapter 029
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