An Oracle Concerning Egypt

19 An (A)oracle concerning (B)Egypt.

Behold, the Lord (C)is riding on a swift cloud
    and comes to Egypt;
and (D)the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
    and the heart of the Egyptians will (E)melt within them.

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Behold, (A)he is coming with the clouds, and (B)every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail[a] on account of him. Even so. Amen.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:7 Or mourn

19 (A)“Egypt shall become a desolation
    and (B)Edom a desolate wilderness,
(C)for the violence done to the people of Judah,
    because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

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11 And (A)as soon as we heard it, (B)our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for (C)the Lord your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.

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12 For (A)I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on (B)all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: (C)I am the Lord.

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13 “Thus says the Lord God:

(A)“I will destroy the idols
    and put an end to the images in (B)Memphis;
(C)there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
    so (D)I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

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Prophecy Against Egypt

29 (A)In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: (B)“Son of man, (C)set your face against (D)Pharaoh king of Egypt, (E)and prophesy against him and (F)against all Egypt; speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

(G)“Behold, I am against you,
    Pharaoh king of Egypt,
(H)the great dragon that lies
    in the midst of his streams,
(I)that says, ‘My Nile is my own;
    I made it for myself.’
I will (J)put hooks in your jaws,
    and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales;
and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams,
    with all the fish of your streams
    that stick to your scales.
(K)And I will cast you out into the wilderness,
    you and all the fish of your streams;
you shall fall (L)on the open field,
    and (M)not be brought together or gathered.
To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens
    (N)I give you as food.

Then all the inhabitants of Egypt (O)shall know that I am the Lord.

“Because you[a] have been (P)a staff of reed to the house of Israel, (Q)when they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake.[b] Therefore thus says the Lord God: (R)Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast, and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. (S)Then they will know that I am the Lord.

(T)“Because you[c] said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I made it,’ 10 therefore, (U)behold, I am against you and (V)against your streams, and (W)I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, (X)from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush. 11 (Y)No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it; it shall be uninhabited forty years. 12 (Z)And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries, and her cities shall be a desolation forty years among cities that are laid waste. (AA)I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.

13 “For thus says the Lord God: At the end of forty years (AB)I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered, 14 and (AC)I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to (AD)the land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom. 15 It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms, (AE)and never again exalt itself above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will never again rule over the nations. 16 And it shall never again be (AF)the reliance of the house of Israel, recalling their iniquity, when they turn to them for aid. (AG)Then they will know that I am the Lord God.”

17 (AH)In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 18 (AI)“Son of man, (AJ)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare, yet neither he nor his army got anything from Tyre to pay for the labor that he had performed against her. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: (AK)Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; (AL)and he shall carry off its wealth[d] (AM)and despoil it and plunder it; and it shall be the wages for his army. 20 (AN)I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he labored, because they worked for me, declares the Lord God.

21 “On that day (AO)I will cause a horn to spring up for the house of Israel, and (AP)I will open your lips among them. (AQ)Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:6 Hebrew they
  2. Ezekiel 29:7 Syriac (compare Psalm 69:23); Hebrew to stand
  3. Ezekiel 29:9 Hebrew he
  4. Ezekiel 29:19 Or multitude

44 And I will punish (A)Bel in Babylon,
    and (B)take out of his mouth (C)what he has swallowed.
(D)The nations shall no longer flow to him;
    (E)the wall of Babylon has fallen.

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“Declare among the nations and proclaim,
    set up a banner and proclaim,
    conceal it not, and say:
(A)‘Babylon is taken,
    (B)Bel is put to shame,
    Merodach is dismayed.
(C)Her images are put to shame,
    her idols are dismayed.’

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The Judgment of Babylon

13 The oracle concerning (A)Babylon which (B)Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

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He (A)lays the beams of his (B)chambers on the waters;
he makes (C)the clouds his chariot;
    he rides on (D)the wings of the wind;

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26 (A)“There is none like God, O (B)Jeshurun,
    (C)who rides through the heavens to your help,
    through the skies in his majesty.

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64 Jesus said to him, (A)“You have said so. But I tell you, from now on (B)you will see the Son of Man (C)seated at the right hand of Power and (D)coming on the clouds of heaven.” 65 Then the high priest (E)tore his robes and said, (F)“He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy.

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18 And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain;[a] there shall be (A)the plague with which the Lord afflicts the nations that do not go up (B)to keep the Feast of Booths.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 14:18 Hebrew lacks rain

11 (A)He shall pass through the sea of troubles
    and strike down the waves of the sea,
    (B)and all the depths of the Nile shall be dried up.
The pride of Assyria shall be laid low,
    and (C)the scepter of Egypt shall depart.

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Judgment on Egypt

46 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet (A)concerning the nations.

About Egypt. (B)Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in (C)the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

(D)“Prepare buckler and shield,
    and advance for battle!
(E)Harness the horses;
    mount, O horsemen!
Take your stations with your helmets,
    (F)polish your spears,
    put on your armor!
Why have I seen it?
They are dismayed
    and have turned backward.
Their (G)warriors are beaten down
    and have fled in haste;
(H)they look not back—
    (I)terror on every side!
declares the Lord.

“The swift cannot flee away,
    nor the warrior escape;
(J)in the north by the river Euphrates
    (K)they have stumbled and fallen.

“Who is this, (L)rising like the Nile,
    like rivers (M)whose waters surge?
Egypt rises like the Nile,
    like rivers (N)whose waters surge.
He said, ‘I will rise, I will cover the earth,
    I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.’
(O)Advance, O horses,
    and rage, O chariots!
Let the warriors go out:
    men of Cush and (P)Put who handle the shield,
    (Q)men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
10 (R)That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts,
    (S)a day of vengeance,
    (T)to avenge himself on his foes.
(U)The sword shall devour and be sated
    and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord God of hosts holds (V)a sacrifice
    (W)in the north country (X)by the river Euphrates.
11 (Y)Go up to Gilead, and take (Z)balm,
    O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain you have used many medicines;
    (AA)there is no healing for you.
12 The nations have heard of your shame,
    and the earth is full of your cry;
(AB)for warrior has stumbled against warrior;
    they have both fallen together.”

13 The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of (AC)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:

14 “Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in (AD)Migdol;
    proclaim in (AE)Memphis and (AF)Tahpanhes;
say, (AG)‘Stand ready and be prepared,
    for (AH)the sword shall devour around you.’
15 Why are your mighty ones face down?
    They do not stand[a]
    because the Lord thrust them down.
16 He made many stumble, (AI)and they fell,
    and they said one to another,
‘Arise, and let us go back to our own people
    and to the land of our birth,
    (AJ)because of the sword of the oppressor.’
17 Call the name of (AK)Pharaoh, king of Egypt,
    ‘Noisy one who lets the hour go by.’

18 (AL)“As I live, declares the King,
    (AM)whose name is the Lord of hosts,
like (AN)Tabor among the mountains
    and like (AO)Carmel by the sea, shall one come.
19 (AP)Prepare yourselves baggage for exile,
    O (AQ)inhabitants of Egypt!
For (AR)Memphis shall become a waste,
    a ruin, (AS)without inhabitant.

20 “A beautiful (AT)heifer is Egypt,
    but a biting fly (AU)from the north has come upon her.
21 Even her hired soldiers in her midst
    are like (AV)fattened calves;
yes, they have turned and fled together;
    they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
    (AW)the time of their punishment.

22 “She makes (AX)a sound like a serpent gliding away;
    for her enemies march in force
and come against her with axes
    (AY)like those who fell trees.
23 (AZ)They shall cut down her forest,
declares the Lord,
    though it is impenetrable,
because (BA)they are more numerous than locusts;
    they are without number.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame;
    she shall be delivered into the hand of (BB)a people from the north.”

25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: “Behold, I am bringing punishment upon (BC)Amon of (BD)Thebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt (BE)and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him. 26 (BF)I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their life, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. (BG)Afterward Egypt shall be inhabited (BH)as in the days of old, declares the Lord.

27 (BI)“But fear not, O Jacob my servant,
    nor be dismayed, O Israel,
for behold, I will save you from far away,
    and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
    and none shall make him afraid.
28 (BJ)Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
declares the Lord,
    for I am with you.
I will make a full end of all the nations
    to which I have driven you,
    but of you I will not make a full end.
(BK)I will discipline you in just measure,
    and I will by no means leave you unpunished.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:15 Hebrew He does not stand

29 This shall be the sign to you, declares the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, in order that you may know that (A)my words will surely stand against you for harm: 30 Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will give (B)Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies (C)and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave (D)Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life.”

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Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in (A)Tahpanhes: “Take in your hands large stones and hide them in the mortar in the pavement that is at the entrance to Pharaoh's palace in (B)Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah, 10 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, (C)my servant, (D)and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden, and he will spread his royal canopy over them. 11 He shall come (E)and strike the land of Egypt, (F)giving over to the pestilence those who are doomed to the pestilence, to captivity those who are doomed to captivity, and to the sword those who are doomed to the sword. 12 (G)I shall kindle a fire (H)in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them (I)and carry them away captive. (J)And he shall clean the land of Egypt (K)as a shepherd cleans his cloak of vermin, and he shall go away from there in peace. 13 He shall break the (L)obelisks of Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt, (M)and the temples of the gods of Egypt he shall burn with fire.’”

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19 (A)Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people,

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The Idols of Babylon and the One True God

46 (A)Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;
    their idols are on beasts and livestock;
these things you carry are borne
    as burdens on weary beasts.
They stoop; they bow down together;
    they cannot save the burden,
    but (B)themselves go into captivity.

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And behold, here come riders,
    horsemen in pairs!”
(A)And he answered,
    (B)“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
(C)and all the carved images of her gods
    he has shattered to the ground.”

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Egypt, Assyria, Israel Blessed

16 In that day the Egyptians will be (A)like women, and (B)tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts shakes over them.

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Therefore all hands will be feeble,
    and every human heart (A)will melt.

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34 May my (A)meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.

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33 to him (A)who rides in (B)the heavens, the ancient heavens;
    behold, he (C)sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
34 (D)Ascribe power to God,
    whose majesty is over Israel,
    and whose (E)power is in (F)the skies.

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