{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/ezekiel/29","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T15:32:51.837Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Ezekiel","bookSlug":"ezekiel","chapter":29,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":28,"nextChapter":30,"totalChapters":48,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"In the tenth year, in the tenth month , in the twelfth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"speak, 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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And 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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And 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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"When 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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And 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;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"therefore, 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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And 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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples whither they were scattered;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"and 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."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"It 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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And 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."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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 Jehovah came unto me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Son 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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Therefore 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."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"In 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."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ezekiel 29 (ASV)","markdown":"[Ezekiel 29](https://primebible.com/asv/ezekiel/29)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/ezekiel/29 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}