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Babylonia to Plunder Egypt

17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 18 Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled. Yet he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had done against it. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he shall carry off her wealth and take her spoil and take her prey. And it shall be wages for his army. 20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor with which he labored against it, because they acted for Me, says the Lord God.

21 On that day I will cause the horn of the house of Israel to spring forth, and I will open your mouth in their midst. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

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17 And then[a] in the twenty-seventh year,[b] in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came[c] to me, saying,[d] 18 “Son of man,[e] Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, he made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was rubbed bare, and every shoulder was rubbed raw, but[f] a wage was not paid for him and for his army from Tyre for the labor that he did against it.” 19 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am giving to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon the land of Egypt, and he will carry its wealth away, and he will plunder its plunder, and he will loot its loot, and it will be a wage for his army. 20 As his wages that he worked for, I will give to him the land of Egypt, because they worked for me,” declares[g] the Lord Yahweh.

21 “On that day I will cause power[h] to grow up for the house of Israel, and for you I will give an opening of your mouth in the midst of them, and they will know that I am Yahweh.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:17 Literally “and it happened”
  2. Ezekiel 29:17 Literally “twenty and seven year”
  3. Ezekiel 29:17 Literally “was”
  4. Ezekiel 29:17 Literally “to say”
  5. Ezekiel 29:18 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  6. Ezekiel 29:18 Or “and”
  7. Ezekiel 29:20 Literally “declaration of”
  8. Ezekiel 29:21 Literally “a horn”