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you will not be brought together or gathered.<br>         I have given you for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the L<font size="1">ORD</font>,<br>         Because they have been <i>only</i> a staff <i>made</i> of reed to the house of Israel. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>When they took hold of you with the hand,<br>         You broke and tore all their hands;<br>         And when they leaned on you,<br>         You broke and made all their loins quake. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>Therefore thus says the Lord G<font size="1">OD</font>, Behold, I will bring upon you a sword and I will cut off from you man and beast. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>The land of Egypt will become a desolation and waste. Then they will know that I am the L<font size="1">ORD</font>.<br>      Because you said, The Nile is mine, and I have made <i>it,</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>therefore, behold, I am against you and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol <i>to</i> Syene and even to the border of Ethiopia. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>A mans foot will not pass through it, and the foot of a beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>For thus says the Lord G<font size="1">OD</font>, At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>I will turn the fortunes of Egypt and make them return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>It will be the lowest of the kingdoms, and it will never again lift itself up above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>And it will never again be the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing to mind the iniquity of their having turned to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord G<font size="1">OD</font>. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Now in the twenty-seventh year, in the first <i>month,</i> on the first of the month, the word of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> came to me saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre; every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had performed against it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>Therefore thus says the Lord G<font size="1">OD</font>, Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her wealth and capture her spoil and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>I have given him the land of Egypt <i>for</i> his labor which he performed, because they acted for Me, declares the Lord G<font size="1">OD</font>. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>On that day I will make a horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth in their midst. Then they will know that I am the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But I will put a bridle in thy jaws: and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick to thy scales: and I will draw thee out of the midst of thy rivers, and all thy fish shall stick to thy scales. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/ezekiel/29.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick to thy scales, and I will bring thee out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick to thy scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/16_but_perhaps_some_one.htm">But Perhaps Some one is Alarmed at Hearing us Discourse of the Death of Him</a><br></span><span class="snippet">16. But perhaps some one is alarmed at hearing us discourse of the death of Him of Whom, a short while since, we said that He is everlasting with God the Father, and that He was begotten of the Father's substance, and is one with God the Father, in dominion, majesty, and eternity. But be not alarmed, O faithful hearer. Presently thou wilt see Him of Whose death thou hearest once more immortal; for the death to which He submits is about to spoil death. For the object of that mystery of the Incarnation <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/16_but_perhaps_some_one.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Various—</span><span class="citation2">Life and Works of Rufinus with Jerome's Apology Against Rufinus. </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_37_carried_captive_into.htm">Carried Captive into Babylon</a><br></span><span class="snippet">In the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem," to besiege the city. 2 Kings 25:1. The outlook for Judah was hopeless. "Behold, I am against thee," the Lord Himself declared through Ezekiel. "I the Lord have drawn forth My sword out of his sheath" it shall not return any more. . . . Every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water." "I will pour out Mine indignation <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_37_carried_captive_into.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Story of Prophets and Kings</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet_talks_about_jesus/2_the_plan_for_the.htm">The Plan for the Coming of Jesus. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">God's Darling, Psalms 8:5-8.--the plan for the new man--the Hebrew picture by itself--difference between God's plan and actual events--one purpose through breaking plans--the original plan--a starting point--getting inside. Fastening a Tether inside: the longest way around--the pedigree--the start. First Touches on the Canvas: the first touch, Genesis 3:15.--three groups of prediction--first group: to Abraham, Genesis 12:1-3; to Isaac, Genesis 26:1-5; to Jacob, Genesis 28:10-15; through Jacob, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet_talks_about_jesus/2_the_plan_for_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">S. D. Gordon—</span><span class="citation2">Quiet Talks about Jesus</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a><br></span><span class="snippet">To a modern taste, Ezekiel does not appeal anything like so powerfully as Isaiah or Jeremiah. He has neither the majesty of the one nor the tenderness and passion of the other. There is much in him that is fantastic, and much that is ritualistic. His imaginations border sometimes on the grotesque and sometimes on the mechanical. Yet he is a historical figure of the first importance; it was very largely from him that Judaism received the ecclesiastical impulse by which for centuries it was powerfully <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/ezekiel.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/29-4.htm">Ezekiel 29:4 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/29-4.htm">Ezekiel 29:4 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/ezekiel/29-4.htm">Ezekiel 29:4 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/29-4.htm">Ezekiel 29:4 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/29-4.htm">Ezekiel 29:4 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/29-4.htm">Ezekiel 29:4 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/ezekiel/29-4.htm">Ezekiel 29:4 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezekiel/29-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 29:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 29:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezekiel/29-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 29:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 29:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/ezekiel/29-4.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>