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Ezekiel 29:13 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" “‘For the Lord GOD says: “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered. "
Ezekiel 29:13
Verse in Context
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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.
15 It will be the lowest of the kingdoms. It won’t lift itself up above the nations any more. I will diminish them so that they will no longer rule over the nations.
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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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