Dual Panel1In the tenth <06224> year <08141>, in the tenth <06224> month, on the twelfth <06240> <08147> day of the month <02320>, the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> came <01961> to <0413> me:
2“Son <01121> of man <0120>, turn <07760> toward <05921> <06440> Pharaoh <06547> king <04428> of Egypt <04714>, and prophesy <05012> against <05921> him and against <05921> all <03605> Egypt <04714>.
3Tell <01696> them, ‘This is what <03541> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> says <0559>: “‘Look <02005>, I am against <05921> you, Pharaoh <06547> king <04428> of Egypt <04714>, the great <01419> monster <08577> lying <07257> in the midst <08432> of its waterways <02975>, who <0834> has said <0559>, “My Nile <02975> is my own, I <0589> made <06213> it for myself.”
4I will put <05414> hooks <02397> in your jaws <03895> and stick <01692> the fish <01710> of your waterways <02975> to your scales <07193>. I will haul you up <05927> from the midst <08432> of your waterways <02975>, and all <03605> the fish <01710> of your waterways <02975> will stick <01692> to your scales <07193>.
5I will leave <05203> you in the wilderness <04057>, you and all <03605> the fish <01710> of your waterways <02975>; you will fall <05307> in <05921> the open <06440> field <07704> and will not <03808> be gathered up <0622> or <03808> collected <06908>. I have given <05414> you as food <0402> to the beasts <02416> of the earth <0776> and the birds <05775> of the skies <08064>.
6Then all <03605> those living <03427> in Egypt <04714> will know <03045> that <03588> I <0589> am the Lord <03068> because <03282> they were <01961> a reed <07070> staff <04938> for the house <01004> of Israel <03478>;
7when they grasped <08610> you with their hand <03709>, you broke <07533> and tore <01234> their shoulders <03802>, and when they leaned <08172> on <05921> you, you splintered <07665> and caused their legs <04975> to be unsteady <05976>.
8“‘Therefore <03651>, this is what <03541> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> says <0559>: Look <02005>, I am about to bring <0935> a sword <02719> against <05921> you, and I will kill <03772> every person <0120> and every animal <0929>.
9The land <0776> of Egypt <04714> will become <01961> a desolate <08077> ruin <02723>. Then they will know <03045> that <03588> I <0589> am the Lord <03068>. Because <03282> he said <0559>, “The Nile <02975> is mine and I <0589> made <06213> it,”
10I am against <0413> <0413> you and your waterways <02975>. I will turn <05414> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> into an utter <02721> desolate <08077> ruin <02723> from Migdol <04024> to Syene <05482>, as far <05704> as the border <01366> with Ethiopia <03568>.
11No <03808> human <0120> foot <07272> will pass through <05674> it, and no <03808> animal’s <0929> foot <07272> will pass through <05674> it; it will be uninhabited <03427> <03808> for forty <0705> years <08141>.
12I will turn <05414> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> into a desolation <08077> in the midst <08432> of desolate <08074> lands <0776>; for forty <0705> years <08141> her cities <05892> will lie <01961> desolate <08077> in the midst <08432> of ruined <02717> cities <05892>. I will scatter <06327> Egypt <04714> among the nations <01471> and disperse <02219> them among foreign countries <0776>.
13“‘For <03588> this is what <03541> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> says <0559>: At the end <07093> of forty <0705> years <08141> I will gather <06908> Egypt <04714> from <04480> the peoples <05971> where <0834> they were scattered <06327>.
14I will restore <07725> the fortunes <07622> of Egypt <04714>, and will bring them back <07725> to the land <0776> of Pathros <06624>, to the land <0776> of their origin <04351>; there <08033> they will be <01961> an insignificant <08217> kingdom <04467>.
15It will be <01961> the most insignificant <08217> of <04480> the kingdoms <04467>; it will never <03808> again <05750> exalt <05375> itself over <05921> the nations <01471>. I will make <04591> them so small <04591> that they will not <01115> rule <07287> over the nations <01471>.
16It will never <03808> again <05750> be <01961> Israel’s <03478> source of confidence <04009>, but a reminder <02142> of how they sinned <05771> by turning <06437> to <0310> Egypt for help. Then they will know <03045> that <03588> I <0589> am the sovereign <03068> Lord <0136>.’”
17In the twenty-seventh <07651> <06242> year <08141>, in the first <07223> month, on the first <0259> day of the month <02320>, the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> came to me <0413>:
18“Son <01121> of man <0120>, King <04428> Nebuchadrezzar <05019> of Babylon <0894> made <05647> his army <02428> labor <05656> hard <01419> against <0413> Tyre <06865>. Every <03605> head <07218> was rubbed bald <07139> and every <03605> shoulder <03802> rubbed <04803> bare; yet he and his army <02428> received <01961> no <03808> wages <07939> from Tyre <06865> for <05921> the work <05656> he carried out <05647> against <05921> it.
19Therefore <03651> this is what <03541> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> says <0559>: Look <02005>, I am about to give <05414> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> to King <04428> Nebuchadrezzar <05019> of Babylon <0894>. He will carry off <05375> her wealth <01995>, capture <07997> her loot <07998>, and seize <0962> her plunder <0957>; it will be <01961> his army’s <02426> wages <07939>.
20I have given <05414> him the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> as his compensation <06468> for <0834> attacking <05647> Tyre, because <0834> they did <06213> it for me, declares <05002> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069>.
21On that day <03117> I will make <06779> Israel <03478> powerful <07161>, and I will give <05414> you the right to be heard <06310> <06610> among <08432> them. Then they will know <03045> that <03588> I <0589> am the Lord <03068>.”