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.
预言审判埃及
1第十年十月十二日，耶和华对我说： 2“人子啊，你要说预言斥责埃及王法老和埃及全国， 3你要告诉他，主耶和华这样说，
“‘埃及王法老啊，
你这躺卧在自己河中的大怪物，
我要与你为敌。
你说这尼罗河属于你，
是你为自己造的。
4但我要钩住你的腮，
使河中的鱼贴在你的鳞甲上，
把你连同贴在你鳞甲上的鱼一起从河中拉上来，
5丢弃在旷野。
你必暴尸野外，无人收殓。
我要让你成为野兽和飞鸟的食物。
6“‘这样，所有的埃及人就知道我是耶和华，因为你不过是一根芦苇，以色列人无法依靠你。 7当他们用手握住你的时候，你就断裂，刺伤了他们的肩；当他们倚靠你的时候，你就折断，闪了他们的腰。
8“‘因此，主耶和华说，看啊，我要使刀剑临到你，消灭你的人畜， 9使埃及一片荒凉。这样，他们就知道我是耶和华。因为你说这尼罗河属于你，是你造的。 10因此，我要攻击你和你的河流，使埃及从密夺到色弗尼，一直到古实的边界全都荒废。 11四十年之内，这里必无人居住，人兽踪迹灭绝。 12我必使埃及成为荒地中的荒地，让埃及的城邑沦为废墟中的废墟，长达四十年。我要将埃及人驱散到列国，分散到列邦。’
13“主耶和华说，‘四十年之后，我要把分散的埃及人从各国聚集起来。 14我要把被掳的埃及人带回来，使他们回到故土巴特罗，成为一个卑微的国家， 15在列国中最衰微，再也不能雄居列国之上。我要使埃及国势衰弱，再也不能统治列国。 16埃及不再是以色列人的指望，反而会使以色列人想起自己投靠埃及的罪。这样，他们便知道我是主耶和华。’”
17第二十七年一月一日，耶和华对我说： 18“人子啊，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒派兵苦攻泰尔，以致士兵的头都秃了，肩也破了，却是徒劳无功。 19所以主耶和华说，‘我要把埃及赐给巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒，他必掳掠埃及的财富为战利品，犒赏自己的军队。 20他和他的军队为我效力，所以我把埃及赐给他作为酬劳。’这是主耶和华说的。
21“到那天，我必复兴以色列29:21 “我必复兴以色列”希伯来文是“我必使一只角从以色列兴起”。，使你以西结在他们当中开口说话，这样他们就知道我是耶和华。”
