New American Standard Bible 2020

Ezekiel 29:8-21

8‘Therefore the Lord God says this: “Behold, I am going to 1bring upon you a sword, and I will cut off from you human and animal life. 9The 2land of Egypt will become a desolation and place of ruins. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“Because 3you 4said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I have made it,’ 10therefore, behold, I am 5against you and against your 6canals, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and as far as the border of 7Cush. 11A human foot will 8not pass through it, nor will the foot of an animal pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years. 12So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the 9midst of deserted lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate for forty years; and I will 10scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.”

13‘For this is what the Lord God says: “At the end of forty years I will 11gather the Egyptians from the peoples 12among whom they were scattered. 14And I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of 13Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom. 15It will be the 14lowest of the kingdoms, and it will not raise itself above the nations again. And I will make them small so that they will not 15rule over the nations. 16And it will no longer be a kingdom on which 16the house of Israel relies, 17 18bringing to mind the guilt of their having turned 19to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.”’”

17Now in the 20twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18“Son of man, 21Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor 22hard against Tyre; every head 23had a 24bald spot and every shoulder was rubbed raw. But he and his army acquired no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had 25performed against it.” 19Therefore this is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am going to 26give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her 27wealth and capture her spoils and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army. 20I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor which he 28 29performed, because they acted for Me,” declares the Lord God.

21“On that day I will make a 30horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will 31 32open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

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Notes

1. Ezekiel 29:8 Jer 46:13; Ezek 14:17 ↩
2. Ezekiel 29:9 Ezek 29:10-12; 30:7, 8, 13-19 ↩
3. Ezekiel 29:9 As in ancient versions; MT he ↩
4. Ezekiel 29:9 Prov 16:18; 18:12; Ezek 29:3 ↩
5. Ezekiel 29:10 Ezek 13:8; 21:3; 26:3; 29:3 ↩
6. Ezekiel 29:10 Or Nile ↩
7. Ezekiel 29:10 Or Ethiopia ↩
8. Ezekiel 29:11 Jer 43:11, 12; 46:19; Ezek 32:13 ↩
9. Ezekiel 29:12 Jer 25:15-19; 27:6-11; Ezek 30:7 ↩
10. Ezekiel 29:12 Jer 46:19; Ezek 30:23, 26 ↩
11. Ezekiel 29:13 Is 19:22; Jer 46:26 ↩
12. Ezekiel 29:13 Lit where ↩
13. Ezekiel 29:14 Is 11:11; Jer 44:1, 15; Ezek 30:14 ↩
14. Ezekiel 29:15 Ezek 17:6, 14; 30:13; Zech 10:11 ↩
15. Ezekiel 29:15 Ezek 31:2; 32:2; Nah 3:8-10 ↩
16. Ezekiel 29:16 Is 20:5; 30:1-3; 31:1; 36:6; Ezek 17:15; 29:6, 7 ↩
17. Ezekiel 29:16 Lit causing to remember ↩
18. Ezekiel 29:16 Is 64:9; Jer 14:10; Ezek 21:23; Hos 8:13 ↩
19. Ezekiel 29:16 Lit after them ↩
20. Ezekiel 29:17 Ezek 24:1; 26:1; 29:1; 30:20; 40:1 ↩
21. Ezekiel 29:18 Jer 25:9; 27:6; Ezek 26:7-12 ↩
22. Ezekiel 29:18 Lit a great labor ↩
23. Ezekiel 29:18 I.e., injuries from the labor ↩
24. Ezekiel 29:18 Jer 48:37; Ezek 27:31 ↩
25. Ezekiel 29:18 Lit labored ↩
26. Ezekiel 29:19 Ezek 30:10, 24, 25; 32:11 ↩
27. Ezekiel 29:19 Jer 43:10-13; Ezek 30:14 ↩
28. Ezekiel 29:20 Lit labored ↩
29. Ezekiel 29:20 Is 10:6, 7; 45:1-3; Jer 25:9 ↩
30. Ezekiel 29:21 1 Sam 2:10; Ps 92:10; 132:17 ↩
31. Ezekiel 29:21 Lit give you an opening of the mouth ↩
32. Ezekiel 29:21 Ezek 3:27; 24:27; 33:22; Amos 3:7, 8; Luke 21:15 ↩

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