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In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of Jehovah was unto▵ me, saying,
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Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
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speak, and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovih*; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great whale* couching in the midst of his rivers◦, which has said, My river◦ is my own, and I◦ have made it for myself.
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But I will put◦ hooks in thy cheeks, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers◦ to stick onto thy scales, and I will bring· thee ·up from the midst of thy rivers◦, and all the fish of thy rivers◦ shall stick on◦ thy scales.
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And I will abandon thee toward the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers◦; thou shalt fall upon the face of the fields; thou shalt not be gathered, nor brought··together: I have given thee for food to the animal of the land and to the fowl of the heavens.
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And all they who dwell··in Egypt shall know that I◦ am Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
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When they laid··hold upon◦ thee by the palm of thy hand, thou didst fracture and rip··open all their shoulder◦; and when they leaned on thee, thou didst break, and madest all their loins to stand still.
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Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovih; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut··off man and beast out··of thee.
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And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I◦ am Jehovah; because he has said, The river◦ is mine, and I◦ have made it.
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Therefore, behold, I◦ am against▵ thee, and against▵ thy rivers◦, and I will put◦ the land of Egypt for waste places of a waste and desolation, from the tower of Sevene and even··to the border of Cush.
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Not a foot of man shall pass··through her, and a foot of a beast shall not pass··through her, neither shall it be dwelt··in forty years.
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And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the lands 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 in the lands.
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But◦ thus says the Lord Jehovih; At the end of forty years will I bring··together the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:
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and I will return the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their negotiations; and they shall be there a lowly kingdom.
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It shall be the lowest of the kingdoms; neither shall it lift itself any··more over the nations; and I will make them to be··few, that they shall not▵ have··dominion among◦ the nations.
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And it shall be no◦ more◦ the trust of the house of Israel, which brings· their iniquity ·to··remembrance, when they shall turn◦ after them; but they shall know that I◦ am the Lord Jehovih.
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And it was, in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first◦ day of◦ the month, the word of Jehovah was unto▵ me, saying,
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Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made his host serve a great service to▵ Tyre; every head was made··bald, and every shoulder◦ was plucked: but there was not wages for him and for his host, from Tyre, for▵ the service that he had served upon her:
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therefore thus says the Lord Jehovih; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry away her crowd, and spoil her for spoil, and plunder her for plunder; and it shall be the wages for his host.
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I have given to him the land of Egypt for his work with which he served against◦ it, in that they did for Me, says◦ the Lord Jehovih.
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In that◦ day will I cause the horn to grow for the house of Israel, and I will give to thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I◦ am Jehovah.
