1 ¶ In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 Son of man, turn your face toward Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

3 Speak, and say, The Lord GOD says; Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, you great crocodile lying in the middle of its streams, who has said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.

4 I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will cause the fish in your streams to stick to your scales, and I will bring you up out of the midst of your streams, and all the fish in your streams will stick to your scales.

5 And I will throw you into the desert, you and all the fish of your streams: you will fall on the open fields; and no one will pick you up or gather you: I have given you to the beasts of the field and to the birds of heaven as food.

6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been a walking staff made of a reed to the house of Israel.

7 When they grabbed it, it splintered, and injured their shoulder: and when they leaned upon it, it broke, and made their legs stumble.

8 ¶ Therefore the Lord GOD says; Behold, I will bring a sword against you, and cut off man and beast from you.

9 And the land of Egypt will be desolate and waste; and they will know that I am the LORD: because he has said, The river is mine, and I have made it.

10 Know, therefore that I am against you, and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt a barren waste and ruins, from Migdol to Asswan and to the border of Ethiopia.

11 No human foot will pass through it, and no animal foot will pass through it, nor will it be inhabited for forty years.

12 And I will make the land of Egypt a barren waste in the midst of barren lands, and among the cities that are laid waste her cities will lie in ruins for forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

13 Yet the Lord GOD says; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people where I scattered them:

14 And I will reverse the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin; and there they will be a small kingdom.

15 It will be the lowliest of the kingdoms; and it will never again exalt itself above other nations: for I will diminish them, so that they will never again rule over other nations.

16 And Israel will never again place their trust in Egypt, remembering what a mistake they made, when they looked to them for help: but they will know that I am the Lord GOD.

17 ¶ Then in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon made his army labor strenuously against Tyre: every head became bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet neither he or his army received adequate compensation from Tyre, for the labor expended against it:

19 Therefore the Lord GOD says; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; so he can carry off her wealth, take the spoils from her, and plunder her; and that will be the wages for his army.

20 I have given him the land of Egypt as pay for his work, in serving against Tyre, because they worked for me, says the Lord GOD.

21 In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth from the house of Israel, and I will enable you to speak among them; and they will know that I am the LORD.