1In the tenth year , in the tenth month , in the twelfth day of the month , the word of Jehovah 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 Jehovah : Behold , I am against thee , Pharaoh king of Egypt , the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers , that hath said , My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. 4And 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 , with all the fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy scales . 5And I will cast thee forth into the wilderness , thee and all the fish of thy rivers : thou shalt fall upon the open field ; thou shalt not be brought together , nor gathered ; I have given thee for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens . 6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah , 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 didst rend all their shoulders ; and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest , and madest all their loins to be at a stand . 8Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will bring a sword upon thee , and will cut off from thee man and beast. 9And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste ; and they shall know that I am Jehovah . Because he hath said, The river is mine , and I have made it ; 10therefore , behold , I am against thee , and against thy rivers , and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation , from the tower of Seveneh even unto the border of Ethiopia .
The Consequences of Egypt's Fall
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 a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate ; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years ; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations , and will disperse them through the countries. 13For thus saith the Lord Jehovah : At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples whither they were scattered ; 14and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt , and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros , into the land of their birth ; and they shall be there a base kingdom . 15It shall be the basest of the kingdoms ; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations : and I will diminish them , that they shall no more rule over the nations .
Restoration and Future Hope
16And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel , bringing iniquity to remembrance , when they turn to look after them : and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah . 17And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year , in the first month , in the first day of the month , the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , 18Son of man , Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre : every head was made bald , and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages , nor his army , from Tyre , for the service that he had served against it . 19Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude , and take her spoil , and take her prey ; and it shall be the wages for his army . 20I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served , because they wrought for me , saith the Lord Jehovah . 21In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth unto the house of Israel , and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them ; and they shall know that I am Jehovah .