{"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/dbt/ezekiel/29","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-28T04:10:42.303Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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, on the twelfth 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 the whole of 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, which saith, My river is mine own, and I 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, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and I will cast thee 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 will give thee for meat to the beasts of the earth and to the fowl 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 give way and rend all their shoulder; and when they leaned upon thee, thou didst break, and didst make all their loins to tremble."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast from thee."},{"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 saith, The river is mine, and I made it."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Therefore behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt deserts of wasteness and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, even unto the border of Ethiopia."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"No foot of man shall pass through it, nor shall foot of beast pass through it, nor 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 desolated, and her cities shall be, in the midst of the cities that are laid waste, a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Yet 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 turn again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return to the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth, and they shall there be a base kingdom."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"It shall be the basest of kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations; and I will diminish them, so 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 after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to do hard service against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he from Tyre no wages, nor his army, 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 away her multitude, and seize 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 for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"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 Jehovah."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ezekiel 29 (DBT)","markdown":"[Ezekiel 29](https://primebible.com/dbt/ezekiel/29)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/ezekiel/29 (accessed 2026-05-28)."}}