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29 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. Speak and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says:

“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
    the great monster that lies in the middle of his rivers,
that has said, ‘My river is my own,
    and I have made it for myself.’
I will put hooks in your jaws,
    and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales.
I will bring you up out of the middle of your rivers,
    with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.
I’ll cast you out into the wilderness,
    you and all the fish of your rivers.
You’ll fall on the open field.
    You won’t be brought together or gathered.
I have given you for food to the animals of the earth
    and to the birds of the sky.

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A Message for Egypt

29 On January 7,[a] during the tenth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord: “Son of man, turn and face Egypt and prophesy against Pharaoh the king and all the people of Egypt. Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord:

“I am your enemy, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt—
    you great monster, lurking in the streams of the Nile.
For you have said, ‘The Nile River is mine;
    I made it for myself.’
I will put hooks in your jaws
    and drag you out on the land
    with fish sticking to your scales.
I will leave you and all your fish
    stranded in the wilderness to die.
You will lie unburied on the open ground,
    for I have given you as food to the wild animals and birds.

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Footnotes

  1. 29:1 Hebrew On the twelfth day of the tenth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This event occurred on January 7, 587 B.c.; also see note on 1:1.