| Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: | 1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: |
| 2"Son of man, face Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all of Egypt. | 2"Son of man, turn toward Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. |
| 3Speak to him and say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the middle of his Nile, who says, "My Nile is my own; I made it for myself." | 3Tell them, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: "'Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of its waterways, who has said, "My Nile is my own, I made it for myself." |
| 4I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish of your streams cling to your scales. I will haul you up from the middle of your Nile, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales. | 4I will put hooks in your jaws and stick the fish of your waterways to your scales. I will haul you up from the midst of your waterways, and all the fish of your waterways will stick to your scales. |
| 5I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open ground and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you to the wild creatures of the earth and the birds of the sky as food. | 5I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your waterways; you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies. |
| 6"'Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, for they have been a staff made of reed to the house of Israel. | 6Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the LORD because they were a reed staff for the house of Israel; |
| 7When Israel grasped you by the hand, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you shattered and made all their hips unsteady. | 7when they grasped you with their hand, you broke and tore their shoulders, and when they leaned on you, you splintered and caused their legs to be unsteady. |
| 8"'Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: I am going to bring a sword against you and cut off both man and animal from you. | 8"'Therefore, this is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill every person and every animal. |
| 9The land of Egypt will be a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, "The Nile is my own; I made it," | 9The land of Egypt will become a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because he said, "The Nile is mine and I made it," |
| 10therefore, I am against you and your Nile. I will turn the land of Egypt into ruins, a desolate waste from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush. | 10I am against you and your waterways. I will turn the land of Egypt into an utter desolate ruin from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border with Ethiopia. |
| 11No human foot will pass through it, and no animal foot will pass through it. It will be uninhabited for forty years. | 11No human foot will pass through it, and no animal's foot will pass through it; it will be uninhabited for forty years. |
| 12I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and its cities will be a desolation among ruined cities for forty years. I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. | 12I will turn the land of Egypt into a desolation in the midst of desolate lands; for forty years her cities will lie desolate in the midst of ruined cities. I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries. |
| 13"'For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were dispersed. | 13"'For this is what the sovereign LORD says: At the end of forty years I will gather Egypt from the peoples where they were scattered. |
| 14I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom. | 14I will restore the fortunes of Egypt, and will bring them back to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin; there they will be an insignificant kingdom. |
| 15Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small they cannot rule over the nations. | 15It will be the most insignificant of the kingdoms; it will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations. |
| 16It will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, drawing attention to their iniquity of turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.'" | 16It will never again be Israel's source of confidence, but a reminder of how they sinned by turning to Egypt for help. Then they will know that I am the sovereign LORD.'" |
| 17In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: | 17In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: |
| 18"Son of man, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon made his army labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder chafed, but he and his army received no compensation from Tyre for the labor he expended against it. | 18"Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it. |
| 19Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: I am going to give the land of Egypt to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and he will carry off its wealth, seizing its spoil and taking its plunder. This will be his army's compensation. | 19Therefore this is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am about to give the land of Egypt to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon. He will carry off her wealth, capture her loot, and seize her plunder; it will be his army's wages. |
| 20I have given him the land of Egypt as the pay he labored for, since they worked for me." This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. | 20I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre, because they did it for me, declares the sovereign LORD. |
| 21"In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will enable you to speak out among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD." | 21On that day I will make Israel powerful, and I will give you the right to be heard among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD." |
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