EzekielJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareEzekiel 29Douay - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Ezekiel 1Ezekiel 2Ezekiel 3Ezekiel 4Ezekiel 5Ezekiel 6Ezekiel 7Ezekiel 8Ezekiel 9Ezekiel 10Ezekiel 11Ezekiel 12Ezekiel 13Ezekiel 14Ezekiel 15Ezekiel 16Ezekiel 17Ezekiel 18Ezekiel 19Ezekiel 20Ezekiel 21Ezekiel 22Ezekiel 23Ezekiel 24Ezekiel 25Ezekiel 26Ezekiel 27Ezekiel 28Ezekiel 29Ezekiel 30Ezekiel 31Ezekiel 32Ezekiel 33Ezekiel 34Ezekiel 35Ezekiel 36Ezekiel 37Ezekiel 38Ezekiel 39Ezekiel 40Ezekiel 41Ezekiel 42Ezekiel 43Ezekiel 44Ezekiel 45Ezekiel 46Ezekiel 47Ezekiel 48›Ezekiel 29ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1In the tenth year, the tenth month, the eleventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2Son of man, set thy face against Pharao king of Egypt: and thou shalt prophesy of him, and of all Egypt: 3Speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against thee, Pharao king of Egypt, thou great dragon that liest in the midst of thy rivers, and sayest: The river is mine, and I made myself. 4But I will put a bridle in thy jaws: and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick to thy scales: and I will draw thee out of the midst of thy rivers, and all thy fish shall stick to thy scales. 5And I will cast thee forth into the desert, and all the fish of thy river: thou shalt fall upon the face of the earth, thou shalt not be taken up, nor gathered together: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the earth, and to the fowls of the air. 6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord: because thou hast been a staff of a reed to the house of Israel. 7When they took hold of thee with the hand thou didst break, and rent all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brokest, and weakenest all their loins. 8Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will bring the sword upon thee: and cut off man and beast out of thee. 9And the land of Egypt shall become a desert, and a wilderness: and they shall know that I am the Lord, because thou hast said: The river is mine, and I made it. 10Therefore, behold I come against thee, and thy rivers: and I will make the land of Egypt utterly desolate, and wasted by the sword, from the tower of Syene, even to the borders of Ethiopia. 11The foot of man shall not pass through it, neither shall the foot of beasts go through it: nor shall it be inhabited during forty years. 12And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the lands that are desolate, and the cities thereof in the midst of the cites that are destroyed, and they shall be desolate for forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 13For thus saith the Lord God: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the people among whom they had been scattered. 14And I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will place them in the land of Phatures, in the land of their nativity, and they shall be there a low kingdom: 15It shall be the lowest among other kingdoms, and it shall no more be exalted over the nations, and I will diminish them that they shall rule no more over the nations. 16And they shall be no more a confidence to the house of Israel, teaching iniquity, that they may flee, and follow them: and they shall know that I am the Lord God. 17And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year in the first month, in the first of the month: that the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 18Son of man, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath made his army to undergo hard service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled and there hath been no reward given him, nor his army for Tyre, for the service that he rendered me against it. 19Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will set Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon in the land of Egypt: and he shall take her multitude, and take the booty thereof for a prey, and rifle the spoils thereof: and it shall be wages for his army. 20And for the service that he hath done me against it: I have given him the land of Egypt, because he hath laboured for me, saith the Lord God. 21In that day a horn shall bud forth to the house of Israel, and I will give thee an open mouth in the midst of them: and they shall know that I am the Lord. ‹Previous chapterEzekiel 28Next chapterEzekiel 30›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsEzekiel 29 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - 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