¹ In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of Jehovah was unto^▵ me, saying,

² Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

³ 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.

⁴ 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.

⁵ 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.

⁶ 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.

⁷ 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.

⁸ Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovih; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut·​·off man and beast out·​·of thee.

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ 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.

¹¹ 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.

¹² 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.

¹³ 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:

¹⁴ 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.

¹⁵ 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.

¹⁶ 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.

¹⁷ 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,

¹⁸ 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:

¹⁹ 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.

²⁰ 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.

²¹ 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.