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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”

Babylonia Will 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: 18 Mortal, King Nebuchadrezzar 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 expended against it.(A) 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: I will give the land of Egypt to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, and he shall carry off its wealth and despoil it and plunder it, and it shall be the wages for his army.(B) 20 I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he labored, because they worked for me, says the Lord God.(C)

21 On that day I will cause a horn to sprout up for the house of Israel, and I will open your lips among them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.(D)

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