{ "apiVersion": "v1", "kind": "Chapter", "metadata": { "generated": "2026-08-22T14:14:13Z", "language": "en", "book": "ezekiel", "chapter": 29 }, "data": { "n": 29, "bookSlug": "ezekiel", "bookCode": "EZK", "refId": "", "title": "", "translation": null, "segments": [], "lines": [], "paragraphs": [{ "n": 1, "refId": "EZK-29:1", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.1", "text": "In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth [day] of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying," },{ "n": 2, "refId": "EZK-29:2", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.2", "text": "Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;" },{ "n": 3, "refId": "EZK-29:3", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.3", "text": "speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself." },{ "n": 4, "refId": "EZK-29:4", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.4", "text": "And I 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, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy scales." },{ "n": 5, "refId": "EZK-29:5", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.5", "text": "And I will cast thee forth into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given thee for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens." },{ "n": 6, "refId": "EZK-29:6", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.6", "text": "And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel." },{ "n": 7, "refId": "EZK-29:7", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.7", "text": "When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and didst rend all their shoulders; and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand." },{ "n": 8, "refId": "EZK-29:8", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.8", "text": "Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast." },{ "n": 9, "refId": "EZK-29:9", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.9", "text": "And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. Because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it;" },{ "n": 10, "refId": "EZK-29:10", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.10", "text": "therefore, behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even unto the border of Ethiopia." },{ "n": 11, "refId": "EZK-29:11", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.11", "text": "No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years." },{ "n": 12, "refId": "EZK-29:12", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.12", "text": "And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries." },{ "n": 13, "refId": "EZK-29:13", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.13", "text": "For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples whither they were scattered;" },{ "n": 14, "refId": "EZK-29:14", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.14", "text": "and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom." },{ "n": 15, "refId": "EZK-29:15", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.15", "text": "It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations." },{ "n": 16, "refId": "EZK-29:16", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.16", "text": "And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to remembrance, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah." },{ "n": 17, "refId": "EZK-29:17", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.17", "text": "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 Jehovah came unto me, saying," },{ "n": 18, "refId": "EZK-29:18", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.18", "text": "Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it." },{ "n": 19, "refId": "EZK-29:19", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.19", "text": "Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army." },{ "n": 20, "refId": "EZK-29:20", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.20", "text": "I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord Jehovah." },{ "n": 21, "refId": "EZK-29:21", "verseRef": "Ezek.29.21", "text": "In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth unto the house of Israel, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah." } ] }, "links": { "self": "/v1/library/books/ezekiel/chapters/29", "book": "/v1/library/books/ezekiel/", "chapters": "/v1/library/books/ezekiel/chapters/", "library": "/v1/library/", "schema": "/v1/schema/book/" } }