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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezekiel 29 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/29.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/29-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Ezekiel 29</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/28.htm" title="Ezekiel 28">◄</a> Ezekiel 29 <a href="../ezekiel/30.htm" title="Ezekiel 30">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/ezekiel/29.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">A Prophecy Against Egypt</p><div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Judgment on Pharaoh</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day, the word of the <span class="name">Lord</span> came to me: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> says:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“ ‘I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,</p><p class="line2">you great monster lying among your streams.</p><p class="line1">You say, “The Nile belongs to me;</p><p class="line2">I made it for myself.”</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But I will put hooks in your jaws</p><p class="line2">and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales.</p><p class="line1">I will pull you out from among your streams,</p><p class="line2">with all the fish sticking to your scales.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I will leave you in the desert,</p><p class="line2">you and all the fish of your streams.</p><p class="line1">You will fall on the open field</p><p class="line2">and not be gathered or picked up.</p><p class="line1">I will give you as food</p><p class="line2">to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.</p></div> <p class="pconclusion"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p><p class="reg">“ ‘You have been a staff of reed for the people of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Syriac (see also Septuagint and Vulgate); Hebrew and you caused their backs to stand">a</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> says: I will bring a sword against you and kill both man and beast. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p><p class="reg">“ ‘Because you said, “The Nile is mine; I made it,” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>therefore I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt a ruin and a desolate waste from Migdol to Aswan, as far as the border of Cush. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, the upper Nile region">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The foot of neither man nor beast will pass through it; no one will live there for forty years. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I will make the land of Egypt desolate among devastated lands, and her cities will lie desolate forty years among ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“ ‘Yet this is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations where they were scattered. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will bring them back from captivity and return them to Upper Egypt, the land of their ancestry. There they will be a lowly kingdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>It will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the other nations. I will make it so weak that it will never again rule over the nations. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Egypt will no longer be a source of confidence for the people of Israel but will be a reminder of their sin in turning to her for help. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>.’ ”</p></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Nebuchadnezzar’s Reward</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month on the first day, the word of the <span class="name">Lord</span> came to me: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon drove his army in a hard campaign against Tyre; every head was rubbed bare and every shoulder made raw. Yet he and his army got no reward from the campaign he led against Tyre. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Therefore this is what the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span> says: I am going to give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will carry off its wealth. He will loot and plunder the land as pay for his army. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I have given him Egypt as a reward for his efforts because he and his army did it for me, declares the Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/29-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“On that day I will make a horn <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Horn here symbolizes strength.">c</a></sup></span> grow for the Israelites, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the <span class="name">Lord</span>.”</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotebot">Syriac (see also Septuagint and Vulgate); Hebrew <i>and you caused their backs to stand</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, the upper Nile region</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Horn</i> here symbolizes strength.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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