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In the tenth[H6224]year[H8141], in the tenth[H6224]month[H2320], in the twelfth[H8147] day of the month[H2320], the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
2Son[H1121] of man[H120], set[H7760] thy face[H6440] against Pharaoh[H6547]king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714], and prophesy[H5012] against him, and against all Egypt[H4714]:
3Speak[H1696], and say[H559], Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh[H6547]king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714], the great[H1419]dragon[H8577] that lieth[H7257] in the midst[H8432] of his rivers[H2975], which hath said[H559], My river[H2975] is mine own, and I have made[H6213] it for myself.
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But I will put[H5414]hooks[H2397] in thy jaws[H3895], and I will cause the fish[H1710] of thy rivers[H2975] to stick[H1692] unto thy scales[H7193], and I will bring thee up[H5927] out of the midst[H8432] of thy rivers[H2975], and all the fish[H1710] of thy rivers[H2975] shall stick[H1692] unto thy scales[H7193].
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And I will leave[H5203] thee thrown into the wilderness[H4057], thee and all the fish[H1710] of thy rivers[H2975]: thou shalt fall[H5307] upon the open[H6440]fields[H7704]; thou shalt not be brought together[H622], nor gathered[H6908]: I have given[H5414] thee for meat[H402] to the beasts[H2416] of the field[H776] and to the fowls[H5775] of the heaven[H8064].
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And all the inhabitants[H3427] of Egypt[H4714] shall know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068], because they have been a staff[H4938] of reed[H7070] to the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478].
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When they took hold[H8610] of thee by thy hand[H3709], thou didst break[H7533], and rend[H1234] all their shoulder[H3802]: and when they leaned[H8172] upon thee, thou brakest[H7665], and madest all their loins[H4975] to be at a stand[H5976].
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Behold, I will bring[H935] a sword[H2719] upon thee, and cut off[H3772]man[H120] and beast[H929] out of thee.
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And the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] shall be desolate[H8077] and waste[H2723]; and they shall know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068]: because he hath said[H559], The river[H2975] is mine, and I have made[H6213] it.
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Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers[H2975], and I will make[H5414] the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]utterly[H2721]waste[H2723] and desolate[H8077], from the tower[H4024] of Syene[H5482] even unto the border[H1366] of Ethiopia[H3568].
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No foot[H7272] of man[H120] shall pass through[H5674] it, nor foot[H7272] of beast[H929] shall pass through[H5674] it, neither shall it be inhabited[H3427]forty[H705]years[H8141].
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And I will make[H5414] the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]desolate[H8077] in the midst[H8432] of the countries[H776] that are desolate[H8074], and her cities[H5892]among[H8432] the cities[H5892] that are laid waste[H2717] shall be desolate[H8074]forty[H705]years[H8141]: and I will scatter[H6327] the Egyptians[H4714]among[H8432] the nations[H1471], and will disperse[H2219] them through the countries[H776].
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Yet thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; At the end[H7093] of forty[H705]years[H8141] will I gather[H6908] the Egyptians[H4714] from the people[H5971] whither they were scattered[H6327]:
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And I will bring again[H7725] the captivity[H7622] of Egypt[H4714], and will cause them to return[H7725] into the land[H776] of Pathros[H6624], into the land[H776] of their habitation[H4351]; and they shall be there a base[H8217]kingdom[H4467].
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It shall be the basest[H8217] of the kingdoms[H4467]; neither shall it exalt[H5375] itself any more above the nations[H1471]: for I will diminish[H4591] them, that they shall no more rule[H7287] over the nations[H1471].
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And it shall be no more the confidence[H4009] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], which bringeth[H2142] their iniquity[H5771] to remembrance[H2142], when they shall look[H6437]after[H310] them: but they shall know[H3045] that I am the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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And it came to pass in the seven[H7651] and twentieth[H6242]year[H8141], in the first[H7223]month[H2320], in the first[H259] day of the month[H2320], the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
18Son[H1121] of man[H120], Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]caused[H5647] his army[H2428] to serve[H5647] a great[H1419]service[H5656] against Tyrus[H6865]: every head[H7218] was made bald[H7139], and every shoulder[H3802] was peeled[H4803]: yet had he no wages[H7939], nor his army[H2428], for Tyrus[H6865], for the service[H5656] that he had served[H5647] against it:
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Behold, I will give[H5414] the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] unto Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]; and he shall take[H5375] her multitude[H1995], and take[H7997] her spoil[H7998], and take[H962] her prey[H957]; and it shall be the wages[H7939] for his army[H2428].
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I have given[H5414] him the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] for his labour[H6468] wherewith he served[H5647] against it, because they wrought[H6213] for me, saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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In that day[H3117] will I cause[H6779] the horn[H7161] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] to bud forth[H6779], and I will give[H5414] thee the opening[H6610] of the mouth[H6310] in the midst[H8432] of them; and they shall know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068].