26AND THEY WILL DWELL ON IT TO SECURITY AND THEY WILL BUILD HOUSES AND THEY WILL PLANT VINEYARDS AND THEY WILL DWELL TO SECURITY WHEN BRING ABOUT I JUDGMENTS ON ALL THOSE [WHO] DESPISE <OBJ.> THEM FROM AROUND THEM AND THEY WILL KNOW THAT I [AM] YAHWEH GOD THEIR 26And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’”
1IN THE YEAR <THE> TENTH IN THE TENTH [MONTH] ON [DAY] TWO [PLUS] TEN OF THE MONTH IT CAME [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH TO ME <TO> SAYING A Prophecy against Pharaoh 1In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2O SON OF HUMANKIND SET FACE YOUR ON PHARAOH [THE] KING OF EGYPT AND PROPHESY ON HIM AND ON EGYPT ALL OF IT 2“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
3SPEAK AND YOU WILL SAY THUS HE SAYS [THE] LORD YAHWEH HERE I [AM] ON YOU O PHARAOH [THE] KING OF EGYPT THE SEA MONSTER <THE> GREAT WHICH LIES IN AMONG CANALS ITS WHICH IT HAS SAID [BELONGS] TO ME RIVER MY AND I I MADE FOR MYSELF 3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
4AND I WILL PUT HOOKS IN JAWS YOUR AND I WILL MAKE CLING [THE] FISH OF CANALS YOUR TO SCALES YOUR AND I WILL BRING UP YOU FROM AMONG CANALS YOUR AND <OBJ.> ALL [THE] FISH OF CANALS YOUR TO SCALES YOUR IT WILL CLING 4But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.
5AND I WILL ABANDON YOU THE WILDERNESS TOWARDS <OBJ.> YOU AND <OBJ.> ALL [THE] FISH OF CANALS YOUR ON [THE] SURFACE OF THE FIELD YOU WILL FALL NOT YOU WILL BE GATHERED AND NOT YOU WILL BE GATHERED TO [THE] ANIMAL[S] OF THE EARTH AND TO [THE] BIRD[S] OF THE HEAVENS I WILL GIVE YOU FOR FOOD 5I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.
6AND THEY WILL KNOW ALL [THE] INHABITANTS OF EGYPT THAT I [AM] YAHWEH BECAUSE HAVE BEEN THEY A STAFF OF REED FOR [THE] HOUSE OF ISRAEL 6Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.
7WHEN SEIZED THEY <IN> YOU BY THE HAND YOU WERE CRUSHED AND YOU BROKE OF THEM EVERY SHOULDER AND WHEN LEANED THEY ON YOU YOU WERE BROKEN AND YOU CAUSED TO STAND OF THEM ALL HIPS 7When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched
8<TO> THEREFORE THUS HE SAYS [THE] LORD YAHWEH HERE I [AM] ABOUT TO BRING ON YOU A SWORD AND I WILL CUT OFF FROM YOU HUMANKIND AND ANIMAL[S] The Desolation of Egypt 8Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.
9AND IT WILL BECOME [THE] LAND OF EGYPT <INTO> A DESOLATION AND A RUIN AND THEY WILL KNOW THAT I [AM] YAHWEH BECAUSE HE SAID [THE] RIVER [BELONGS] TO ME AND I I MADE [IT] 9The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’
10<TO> THEREFORE HERE I [AM] AGAINST YOU AND AGAINST CANALS YOUR AND I WILL MAKE <OBJ.> [THE] LAND OF EGYPT <INTO> RUINS OF DESTRUCTION A DESOLATION FROM MIGDOL SYENE AND TO [THE] BORDER OF CUSH 10therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush.*NoteCloseThat is, the upper Nile region
11NOT IT WILL PASS IN IT [THE] FOOT OF HUMAN[S] AND [THE] FOOT OF ANIMAL[S] NOT IT WILL PASS IN IT AND NOT IT WILL REMAIN FORTY YEAR[S] 11No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years.
12AND I WILL MAKE <OBJ.> [THE] LAND OF EGYPT A DESOLATION IN MIDST OF LANDS MADE DESOLATE AND CITIES ITS IN MIDST OF CITIES LAID WASTE THEY WILL BE A DESOLATION FORTY YEAR[S] AND I WILL SCATTER <OBJ.> EGYPT AMONG THE NATIONS AND I WILL DISPERSE THEM AMONG THE LANDS 12I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
13FOR THUS HE SAYS [THE] LORD YAHWEH FROM [THE] END OF FORTY YEAR[S] I WILL GATHER <OBJ.> EGYPT FROM THE PEOPLES WHERE THEY WERE SCATTERED THERE TOWARDS 13For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered.
14AND I WILL TURN BACK <OBJ.> [THE] CAPTIVITY OF EGYPT AND I WILL BRING BACK <OBJ.> THEM [THE] LAND OF PATHROS TO [THE] LAND OF ORIGIN THEIR AND THEY WILL BE THERE A KINGDOM LOWLY 14I will restore Egypt from captivity*NoteCloseOr 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.
15MORE THAN THE KINGDOMS IT WILL BE LOWLY AND NOT IT WILL EXALT ITSELF AGAIN OVER THE NATIONS AND I WILL MAKE SMALL THEM TO NOT TO RULE OVER THE NATIONS 15Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the nations. For I will diminish Egypt so that it will never again rule over the nations.
16AND NOT IT WILL BECOME AGAIN FOR [THE] HOUSE OF ISRAEL <INTO> A CONFIDENCE BRINGING TO REMEMBRANCE INIQUITY WHEN TURNED THEY AFTER THEM AND THEY WILL KNOW THAT I [AM THE] LORD YAHWEH 16Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”
17AND IT WAS IN TWENTY AND SEVEN YEAR IN THE FIRST [MONTH] ON [DAY] ONE OF THE MONTH IT CAME [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH TO ME <TO> SAYING 17In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
18O SON OF HUMANKIND NEBUCHADNEZZAR [THE] KING OF BABYLON HE MADE TO LABOR <OBJ.> ARMY HIS LABOR GREAT AGAINST TYRE EVERY HEAD [WAS] MADE BALD AND EVERY SHOULDER [WAS] MADE BARE AND WAGE[S] NOT IT BELONGED TO HIM AND TO ARMY HIS FROM TYRE ON THE LABOR WHICH HE HAD LABORED ON IT 18“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
19<TO> THEREFORE THUS HE SAYS [THE] LORD YAHWEH HERE I [AM] ABOUT TO GIVE TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR [THE] KING OF BABYLON <OBJ.> [THE] LAND OF EGYPT AND HE WILL CARRY OFF WEALTH ITS AND HE WILL PLUNDER PLUNDER ITS AND HE WILL TAKE AS SPOIL SPOIL ITS AND IT WILL BE WAGE[S] FOR ARMY HIS 19Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.
20RECOMPENSE HIS WHICH HE SERVED FOR IT I HAVE GIVEN TO HIM <OBJ.> [THE] LAND OF EGYPT THAT THEY ACTED FOR ME [THE] UTTERANCE OF [THE] LORD YAHWEH 20I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.
21ON THE DAY <THE> THAT I WILL MAKE GROW A HORN FOR [THE] HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND TO YOU I WILL GIVE OPENING OF MOUTH IN MIDST OF THEM AND THEY WILL KNOW THAT I [AM] YAHWEH 21In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”