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Ezekiel 29:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the middle of the countries that are desolate. Her cities among the cities that are laid waste will be a desolation forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.” "

Ezekiel 29:12

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10 therefore, behold, I am against you and against your rivers. I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia.

11 No foot of man will pass through it, nor will any animal foot pass through it. It won’t be inhabited for forty years.

12 I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the middle of the countries that are desolate. Her cities among the cities that are laid waste will be a desolation forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.”

13 “‘For the Lord GOD says: “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered.

14 I will reverse the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth. There they will be a lowly kingdom.

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Ezekiel 29:1

"In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,"

Ezekiel 29:2

"“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt."

Ezekiel 29:3

"Speak and say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the middle of his rivers, that has said, ‘My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.’"

Ezekiel 29:4

"I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales. I will bring you up out of the middle of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales."

Ezekiel 29:5

"I’ll cast you out into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You’ll fall on the open field. You won’t be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky."

Ezekiel 29:6

"“‘“All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel."

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