Ezekiel 29:9-21

New International Version

⁹Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“‘Because you said, “The Nile^(A) is mine; I made it,^(B)” ¹⁰therefore I am against you^(C) and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt^(D) a ruin and a desolate waste^(E) from Migdol^(F) to Aswan,^(G) as far as the border of Cush.^[a]^(H) ¹¹The foot of neither man nor beast will pass through it; no one will live there for forty years.^(I) ¹²I will make the land of Egypt desolate^(J) among devastated lands, and her cities will lie desolate forty years among ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.^(K)

¹³“‘Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations where they were scattered. ¹⁴I will bring them back from captivity and return them to Upper Egypt,^(L) the land of their ancestry. There they will be a lowly^(M) kingdom.^(N) ¹⁵It will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the other nations.^(O) I will make it so weak that it will never again rule over the nations. ¹⁶Egypt will no longer be a source of confidence^(P) for the people of Israel but will be a reminder^(Q) of their sin in turning to her for help.^(R) Then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.^(S)’”

Nebuchadnezzar’s Reward

¹⁷In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:^(T) ¹⁸“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar^(U) king of Babylon drove his army in a hard campaign against Tyre; every head was rubbed bare^(V) and every shoulder made raw.^(W) Yet he and his army got no reward from the campaign he led against Tyre. ¹⁹Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king^(X) of Babylon, and he will carry off its wealth. He will loot and plunder^(Y) the land as pay for his army.^(Z) ²⁰I have given him Egypt^(AA) as a reward for his efforts because he and his army did it for me, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(AB)

²¹“On that day I will make a horn^[b]^(AC) grow for the Israelites, and I will open your mouth^(AD) among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.^(AE)”