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Ezekiel 29
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| 29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month,
the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
"And it came to pass in the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the
twelfth day of the month...."
So when did it come to pass? The 10th year etc. of what?
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| 29:2
Son of man, set thy
face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against
all Egypt: |
(29:2-5) God tells Ezekiel to prophesy against the
pharaoh and against all Egypt. God says he will feed the Egyptians to the birds
and beasts.
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| 29:3
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee,
Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his
rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for
myself.
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| 29:4
But 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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| 29:5
And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of
thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought
together, nor gathered: I
have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the
heaven. |
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| 29:6
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because
they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. |
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| 29:7
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all
their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to
be at a stand. |
(29:7-8)
God makes "all their loins to be at a
stand." Then he will get out his sword and "cut off
man and beast out of thee." Ouch!
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| 29:8
Therefore thus saith
the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and
beast out of thee. |
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| 29:9
And the land of Egypt
shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD:
because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. |
(29:10-13)
Ezekiel makes another false prophecy:
that Egypt would be uninhabited by humans or animals for forty years after being
destroyed by Nebuchadrezzar. But there was never a time when Egypt was
uninhabited. Humans and animals have lived there continuously since Ezekiel's
prophecy.
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| 29:10
Behold, therefore I am
against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt
utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of
Ethiopia.
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| 29:11
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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| 29:12
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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| 29:13
Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the
Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: |
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| 29:14
And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return
into theland of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there
a base kingdom. |
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| 29:15
It shall be the basest
of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations:
for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. |
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| 29:16
And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which
bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but
they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. |
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| 29:17
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 the LORD came unto me, saying, |
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| 29:18
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a
great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder
was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service
that he had served against it: |
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt
unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and
take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. |
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| 29:20
I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served
against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD. |
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| 29:21
In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and
I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they
shall know that I am the LORD.
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