1 I n the tenth year, in the tenth, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

In the tenth year, in the tenth, in the twelfth of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying,

2 S on of man, set your face toward Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

`Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy concerning him, and concerning Egypt -- all of it.

3 S ay, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his streams, declaring, My river Nile is my own and I have made it for myself.

Speak, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt! The great dragon that is crouching in the midst of his floods, Who hath said, My flood my own, And I -- I have made it myself.

4 B ut I will put hooks in your jaws and I will cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales, and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams with all the fish of your streams which stick to your scales.

And I have put hooks in thy jaws, And I have caused the fish of thy floods to cleave to thy scales, And I have caused thee to come up from the midst of thy floods, And every fish of thy floods to thy scales doth cleave.

5 A nd I will cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers; you shall fall upon the open field and not be gathered up or buried. I have given you for food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the heavens.

And I have left thee in the wilderness, Thou and every fish of thy floods, On the face of the field thou dost fall, Thou art not gathered nor assembled, To the beast of the earth and to the fowl of the heavens I have given thee for food.

6 A nd all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord, because they have been a staff reeds to the house of Israel.

And known have all inhabitants of Egypt That I Jehovah, Because of their being a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

7 W hen they grasped you with the hand and leaned upon you, you broke and tore their whole shoulder, and they could do no more than stand.

In their taking hold of thee by thy hand, -- thou art crushed, And hast rent to them all the shoulder, And in their leaning on thee thou art broken, And hast caused all their thighs to stand.

8 T herefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will bring a sword upon you and cut off man and beast from you,

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in against thee a sword, And have cut off from thee man and beast.

9 A nd the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. And they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord. Because you have said, The river is mine and I have made it,

And the land of Egypt hath been for a desolation and a waste, And they have known that I Jehovah. Because he said: The flood mine, and I made.

10 B ehold therefore, I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation from Migdol to Syene, even as far as the border of Ethiopia.

Therefore, lo, I against thee, and against thy floods, And have given the land of Egypt for wastes, A waste, a desolation, from Migdol to Syene, And unto the border of Cush.

11 N o foot of man shall pass through it, no foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall be inhabited for forty years.

Not pass over into it doth a foot of man, Yea, the foot of beast doth not pass into it, Nor is it inhabited forty years.

12 A nd I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated (plundered and reduced to subjection) countries, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and will disperse them through the countries.

And I have made the land of Egypt a desolation, In the midst of desolate lands, And its cities, in the midst of waste cities, Are a desolation forty years, And I have scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have dispersed them through lands.

13 Y et thus says the Lord God: At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered,

But thus said the Lord Jehovah: At the end of forty years I gather the Egyptians Out of the peoples whither they have been scattered,

14 A nd I will reverse the captivity of Egypt and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and they shall be there a lowly kingdom.

And I have turned back the captivity of Egypt, And I have brought them back the land of Pathros, to the land of their birth, And they have been there a low kingdom.

15 I t shall be the lowliest of the kingdoms, neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations; I will diminish so they shall never again rule over the nations.

Of the kingdoms it is lowest, And it lifteth not up itself any more above the nations, And I have made them few, So as not to rule among nations.

16 A nd never again shall Egypt have the confidence and be the reliance of the house of Israel; their iniquity will be brought to remembrance whenever looks toward them. They shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord God.

And it is no more to the house of Israel for a confidence, Bringing iniquity to remembrance, By their turning after them, And they have known that I the Lord Jehovah.'

17 I n the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

And it cometh to pass, in the twenty and seventh year, in the first, in the first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying:

18 S on of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to render heavy service against Tyre; every head became bald and every shoulder was worn and peeled. Yet he had no remuneration from Tyre, either for himself or his army, for the work that he had done against it.

`Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, Hath caused his force to serve a great service against Tyre, Every head bald -- every shoulder peeled, And reward he had none, nor his force, out of Tyre, For the service that he served against it.

19 T herefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall carry off her great mass of people and of things (her riches) and take her spoil and take her prey, and it shall be the wages for his army.

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah, Lo, I am giving to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon the land of Egypt, And he hath taken away its store, And hath taken its spoil, and taken its prey, And it hath been a reward to his force.

20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor with which he served because they did it for Me, says the Lord God.

His wage for which he laboured I have given to him, The land of Egypt -- in that they wrought for Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

21 I n that day will I cause a horn to spring forth to the house of Israel and I will open your lips among them, and they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord.

In that day I cause to shoot up a horn to the house of Israel, And to thee I give an opening of the mouth in their midst, And they have known that I Jehovah!'