Ezekiel 29:17-19

New Living Translation

Nebuchadnezzar to Conquer Egypt

¹⁷On April 26, the first day of the new year,^[a] during the twenty-seventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord: ¹⁸“Son of man, the army of King Nebuchadnezzar^[b] of Babylon fought so hard against Tyre that the warriors’ heads were rubbed bare and their shoulders were raw and blistered. Yet Nebuchadnezzar and his army won no plunder to compensate them for all their work. ¹⁹Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He will carry off its wealth, plundering everything it has so he can pay his army.

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Footnotes

29:17 Hebrew On the first day of the first month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This event occurred on April 26, 571 B.c.; also see note on 1:1.
29:18 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar; also in 29:19.