1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: 3Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. 4But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. 5And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.29.5 open…: Heb. face of the field 6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 7When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
8¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. 9And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. 10Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.29.10 utterly…: Heb. wastes of waste29.10 from…: or, from Migdol to Syene29.10 Syene: Heb. Seveneh 11No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. 12And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
13¶ Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: 14And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.29.14 habitation: or, birth29.14 base: Heb. low 15It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. 16And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
17¶ And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 18Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: 19Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.29.19 take her spoil…: Heb. spoil her spoil, and prey her prey 20I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.29.20 for his…: or, for his hire
21¶ In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Profetier mod Egypten
1På den 12. dag i den tiende måned i det tiende år af vores eksil sagde Herren til mig: 2„Du menneske, vend dig mod Egypten og profetér imod Farao og hele folket. 3Sig til dem: Hør hvad Herren siger:
Jeg vil straffe dig, Farao, Egyptens konge,
det store uhyre29,3 Eller „krokodille”, „søuhyre”, „drage”. i Nilens vande.
Du hævder, at Nildeltaet tilhører dig,
og at du selv har skabt det.
4Men jeg sætter kroge i dine kæber
og får fiskene til at bide sig fast i dine skæl.
Derefter trækker jeg dig op på land,
så alle flodens fisk følger med.
5Jeg slynger dig ud i ørkenen
sammen med alle flodens fisk.
Du får lov at ligge, hvor du faldt,
ingen samler dig op for at begrave dig.
Dit kød bliver føde for himlens fugle
og for jordens vilde dyr.
6Da vil Egyptens indbyggere forstå, at jeg er Herren.
Du var det halmstrå, mit folk greb efter i nøden.
7Du var som en kæp, mit folk ville støtte sig til,
men du knækkede, og de vred skulderen af led.
Da de forsøgte at læne sig op ad dig,
brød du sammen, og de vred hoften af led.
8Derfor siger Gud Herren til Egypten:
Jeg sender en hær imod dig,
som vil dræbe både mennesker og dyr.
9Hele landet bliver lagt i ruiner.
Da vil du indse, at jeg er Herren.
Du hævder, at Nildeltaet tilhører dig,
og at du selv har skabt det.
10Derfor straffer jeg dig og din flod,
rydder landet for mennesker og dyr
fra Migdol i nord til Aswan i syd
ved grænsen til Kush.
11I 40 år skal det ligge øde,
hverken mennesker eller dyr skal færdes der.
12Jeg lægger dine byer i ruiner
og gør landet til en ødemark i 40 år,
som det er sket med de andre lande og byer.
Jeg spreder dit folk blandt fremmede folkeslag.
13Men efter 40 år vil jeg samle dem igen
og føre dem hjem fra de lande, jeg fordrev dem til.
14Jeg vender deres skæbne, fører dem hjem til Patros,
men det bliver et rige uden særlig betydning.
15Egypten bliver mindre end de andre riger,
de er for få til at herske over andre folkeslag.
16Israel vil erkende, at de begik en stor fejl
ved at søge til Egypten efter hjælp.
Det vil de aldrig gøre igen.
Da vil de indse, at jeg er Herren, deres Gud.”
17På den første dag i den første måned i det 27. år af vores eksil sagde Herren til mig:
18„Du menneske, kong Nebukadnezars hær har arbejdet hårdt for at besejre Tyrus. Deres hår og tøj er slidt af dem. Hverken kongen selv eller hæren fik løn for deres indsats imod Tyrus. 19Derfor siger jeg, Herren: Jeg giver Egyptens land til Babyloniens kong Nebukadnezar. Han skal plyndre landet for al dets rigdom og dele krigsbyttet mellem sine soldater, så de kan få deres løn. 20Egyptens rigdom skal være deres belønning, fordi de ihærdigt arbejdede for mig, siger Herren. 21Til den tid lader jeg en ny og stærk leder spire frem i Israel, og dig giver jeg inspiration til at tale til folket. Da skal de indse, at jeg er Herren.”
