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    Ezekiel 29

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    Tyre pays nothing for an army’s bald heads and raw shoulders; Egypt is handed over as the wages instead.

    The river monster and the broken reedvv. 1–16

    The word comes to Ezekiel with a formidable picture: Pharaoh is a great monster lying among his rivers, claiming the Nile as his own handiwork. Hooks go into his jaws, the fish cling to his scales, and the whole riverly apparatus is hauled into the open field, where it is left for beasts and birds rather than gathered for burial. Egypt is then made desolate from Migdol to Syene and as far as the border of Cush; its people are scattered for forty years before being gathered again to Pathros. The kingdom returns diminished, and no longer serves as a staff for Israel—rather an unusually splintery one, judging by the shoulders and backs.

    A payment in countryvv. 17–21

    Years later, the word returns with an extraordinary account of unpaid labor. Nebuchadnezzar’s army has worked so hard against Tyre that every head is bald and every shoulder raw, yet Tyre has paid them nothing. The wages are therefore reassigned: the land of Egypt, with its wealth, spoil, and plunder, is given to the king of Babylon for his army. In the same day, a horn sprouts for Israel and Ezekiel’s mouth is opened among them.

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    1. Ezek 29:1In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2. Ezek 29:2“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

    3. Ezek 29:3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’

    4. Ezek 29:4But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.

    5. Ezek 29:5I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.

    6. Ezek 29:6Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.

    7. Ezek 29:7When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.

    8. Ezek 29:8Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.

    9. Ezek 29:9The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’

    10. Ezek 29:10therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush.

    11. Ezek 29:11No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years.

    12. Ezek 29:12I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

    13. Ezek 29:13For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered.

    14. Ezek 29:14I will restore Egypt from captivity and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.

    15. Ezek 29:15Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the nations. For I will diminish Egypt so that it will never again rule over the nations.

    16. Ezek 29:16Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”

    17. Ezek 29:17In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    18. Ezek 29:18“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.

    19. Ezek 29:19Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.

    20. Ezek 29:20I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.

    21. Ezek 29:21In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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    • 21Psalms 132:17There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
    • 211 Samuel 2:10Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
    • 21Luke 21:15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
    • 3Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’
    • 3Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
    • 14Ezekiel 30:14I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.
    • 21Amos 3:7–8Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
    • 3Jeremiah 44:30This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
    • 4Ezekiel 38:4I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords.
    • 42 Kings 19:28Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
    • 62 Kings 18:21Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
    • 6Isaiah 36:6Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
    • 8Ezekiel 14:17Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
    • 11Ezekiel 32:13I will slaughter all her cattle beside the abundant waters. No human foot will muddy them again, and no cattle hooves will disturb them.
    • 12Ezekiel 30:7They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.
    • 12Jeremiah 46:19Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.

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