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Ezekiel 29:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The land of Egypt will be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. “‘“Because he has said, ‘The river is mine, and I have made it,’ "

Ezekiel 29:9

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7 When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders. When they leaned on you, you broke and paralyzed all of their thighs.”

8 “‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.

9 The land of Egypt will be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. “‘“Because he has said, ‘The river is mine, and I have made it,’

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.

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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."

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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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