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An Oracle Against Egypt

29 In the tenth year in the tenth month,[a] on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me.

Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. Speak and tell them that this is what the Lord God says.

I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great monster who stretches out in the channels[b] of the Nile. You say, “It is my Nile. I made it for myself.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:1 During the winter of 587 bc, before the fall of Jerusalem
  2. Ezekiel 29:3 Or branches