Ezekiel 29:17-21
Evangelical Heritage Version
A Reward for Babylon
17 In the twenty-seventh year,[a] in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me.
18 Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder rubbed raw, yet neither he nor his army received any reward for the labor they had expended against Tyre.
19 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says. I am about to give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will carry off its wealth, plunder it, and pillage it. That will be the reward for his army. 20 As his pay for which he labored, I have given him the land of Egypt, because his army did it for me, declares the Lord God.
A Horn for Israel
21 On that day I will make a horn[b] sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
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- Ezekiel 29:17 In 571 bc, about 15 years after the fall of Jerusalem
- Ezekiel 29:21 A horn is a symbol of power. It sometimes refers to a ruler.
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