Ezekiel — Chapter 29

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Ezekiel 29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 29:2 Son of man, ^Rset thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

Ezek 6:2; Ezek 20:46

Ezekiel 29:3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, ^RI am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

Ezek 29:10; Ezek 28:22

Ezekiel 29:4 But ^RI will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

Ezek 38:4; 2 Kgs 19:28

Ezekiel 29:5 And ^RI will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the ^Topen fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

Ezek 31:18; Ezek 32:4-6

face of the field

Ezekiel 29:6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall ^Rknow that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

Ezek 28:22-24,26; Exod 9:14

Ezekiel 29:7 When ^Rthey took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

Ezek 17:15-17; Jer 37:5-11

Ezekiel 29:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, ^RI will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

Ezek 29:19-20; Ezek 14:17

Ezekiel 29:9 And ^Rthe land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.

Ezek 29:10-12; Ezek 30:7,13-17

Ezekiel 29:10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and ^RI will make the land of Egypt ^Tutterly waste and desolate, ^Tfrom the tower of ^TSyene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

Ezek 29:11; Ezek 30:12

wastes of waste

from Migdol to Syene

Seveneh

Ezekiel 29:11 No ^Rfoot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

Ezek 30:10-13; Ezek 31:12

Ezekiel 29:12 And I will make the land of Egypt ^Rdesolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

Ezek 30:7; Jer 25:15-19

Ezekiel 29:13 Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; ^RAt the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:

Isa 19:22; Jer 46:26

Ezekiel 29:14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of ^RPathros, into the land of their ^Thabitation; and they shall be there a ^Tbase kingdom.

Ezek 30:14; Gen 10:14

birth

low

Ezekiel 29:15 It shall be ^Rthe basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

Ezek 17:6,14; Ezek 30:13

Ezekiel 29:16 And it shall be no more ^Rthe confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

Ezek 29:6-7; Ezek 17:15-17

Ezekiel 29:17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 29:18 Son of man, ^RNebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

Ezek 26:7-12; Jer 25:9

Ezekiel 29:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, ^RI will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and ^Ttake her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

Ezek 29:8-10; Ezek 30:10-12

spoil her spoil, and prey her prey

Ezekiel 29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt ^Tfor his labour wherewith he ^Rserved against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.

2 Kgs 10:30; Isa 10:6-7

for his hire

Ezekiel 29:21 In that day will ^RI cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezek 28:25-26; 1 Sam 2:10

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📖 What We’re Reading

Ezekiel 29:1–7 — Pharaoh’s river claim and Egypt’s broken support

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Pharaoh is pictured as a river creature claiming the river as his own creation. Hooks expose his dependence, while the broken-reed image describes Egypt’s damaging failure to support Israel.

Key Truth: Do not claim self-made power or offer unreliable support.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Ezekiel 29:8–14 — Desolation, scattering, and a diminished return

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

The Lord announces a sword and forty years of desolation and scattering. Egypt will later return to Pathros, but as a lowly kingdom rather than the dominant power in which Israel had trusted.

Key Truth: Learn from the failure of misplaced confidence.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Ezekiel 29:15–21 — Egypt is appointed as Babylon’s recompense

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Egypt will no longer be Israel’s final reliance. A later dated word addresses Babylon’s labor against Tyrus and assigns Egypt’s spoil as recompense, ending with promised strength and renewed speech for Israel.

Key Truth: Recognize God’s authority over the powers people rely on.

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Related Scripture (KJV)

Isaiah 31:1 — Isaiah warns against relying on Egypt’s military strength.

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