{"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/web/ezekiel/29","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:39:11.175Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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 day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"|Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: |Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.'"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"I'll cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You'll fall on the open field. You won't be brought together, nor gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and paralyzed all of their thighs.|"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: |Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Yahweh. Because he has said, 'The river is mine, and I have made it;'"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"therefore, behold, I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of animal shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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 says the Lord Yahweh: |At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples where 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 base 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":"It shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.|'|"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"It came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first [month], in the first [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar 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 says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar 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 worked for me, says the Lord Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth to the house of Israel, and I will give you the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ezekiel 29 (WEB)","markdown":"[Ezekiel 29](https://primebible.com/web/ezekiel/29)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/ezekiel/29 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}