1
In the
tenth year, in the
tenth month, on the
twelfth * of the
month, the
word of the
LORD came to me
saying,
v,d{x;l r'f'[ ~yen.viB yirif]['B tyiryif]['h h'n'V;B ? r{mael y;lea h'wh.y -r;b.d h'y'h
2
"Son of
man,
set your
face against Pharaoh king of
Egypt and
prophesy against him and
against all Egypt.
~Iy'r.cim .$,l,m h{[.r;P -l;[ '$y,n'P ~yif ~'d'a -n,B ? H'LUK ~Iy;r.cim -l;[.w wy'l'[ aeb'Nih.w
3
"Speak and
say,
'Thus says the
Lord GOD,
"Behold, I am
against you,
Pharaoh king of
Egypt, The
great monster that
lies in the
midst of his
rivers, That has
said, 'My
Nile is mine, and I
myself have
made it.'
yin.nih hiwh.y y'n{d]a r;m'a -h{K 'T.r;m'a.w reB;D ? lw{d'G;h ~yiN;T;h ~Iy;r.cim -.k,l,m h{[.r;P '$y,l'[ ? yir{a.y yil r;m'a r,v]a wy'r{a.y .$w{t.B #eb{r'h ? yinityif][ yin]a;w
4
"I will
put hooks in your
jaws And make the
fish of your
rivers cling to your
scales. And I will
bring you up out of the
midst of your
rivers, And
all the
fish of your
rivers will
cling to your
scales.
'$y,r{a.y -t;g.d yiT.q;B.dih.w '$y,y'x.liB ~yiYix;x yiT;t'n.w ? tea.w '$y,r{a.y .$w{Tim '$yityil][;h.w '$y,t{f.q.f;q.B ? q'B.diT '$y,t{f.q.f;q.B '$y,r{a.y t;g.D -l'K
5
"I will
abandon you to the
wilderness, you and
all the
fish of your
rivers; You will
fall on the
open field; you will not be
brought together or
gathered. I have
given you for
food to the
beasts of the
earth and to the
birds of the
sky.
t;g.D -l'K tea.w '$.tw{a h'r'B.diM;h '$yiT.v;j.n.W ? @es'aet a{l lw{PiT h,d'F;h yen.P -l;[ '$y,r{a.y ? ~Iy;m'V;h @w{[.l.W #,r'a'h t;Y;x.l #eb'Qit a{l.w ? h'l.k'a.l '$yiT;t.n
6
"Then
all the
inhabitants of
Egypt will
know that I am the
LORD,
Because they have
been only a
staff made of
reed to the
house of
Israel.
h'wh.y yin]a yiK ~Iy;r.cim yeb.v{y -l'K .W[.d'y.w ? lea'r.fIy tyeb.l h,n'q t,n,[.vim ~'tw{y/h !;[;y
7
"When they
took hold of you with the
hand, You
broke and
tore all their
hands; And when they
leaned on you, You
broke and made
all their
loins quake."
-l'K ~,h'l 'T.[;q'b.W #w{reT kp;K;b '$.B ~'f.p't.B ? ~Iy'n.t'm -l'K ~,h'l 'T.d;m][;h.w reb'ViT '$y,l'[ ~'n]['Vih.b.W @et'K
8
'Therefore thus says the
Lord GOD,
"Behold, I will
bring upon you a
sword and I will
cut off from you
man and
beast.
ayibem yin.nih hiwh.y y'n{d]a r;m'a h{K !ek'l ? h'meh.b.W ~'d'a .$eMim yiT;r.kih.w b,r'x .$Iy;l'[
9
"The
land of
Egypt will
become a
desolation and
waste. Then they will
know that I am the
LORD.
Because you
said, 'The
Nile is mine, and I have
made it,'
.W[.d'y.w h'B.r'x.w h'm'm.vil ~Iy;r.cim -c,r,a h't.y'h.w ? yin]a;w yil r{a.y r;m'a !;[;y h'wh.y yin]a -yiK ? yityif'[
10
therefore,
behold, I am
against you and
against your
rivers, and I will
make the
land of
Egypt an
utter waste and
desolation, from
Migdol to
Syene and even to the
border of
Ethiopia.
yiT;t'n.w '$y,r{a.y -l,a.w '$y,lea yin.nih !ek'l ? l{D.giMim h'm'm.v b,r{x tw{b.r'x.l ~Iy;r.cim #,r,a -t,a ? v.WK l.Wb.G -d;[.w henew.s
11
"A
man's foot will not
pass through it, and the
foot of a
beast will not
pass through it, and it will not be
inhabited for
forty years.
a{l h'meh.B l,g,r.w ~'d'a l,g,r H'B -r'b][;t a{l ? h'n'v ~yi['B.r;a bevet a{l.w H'B -r'b][;t
12
"So I will
make the
land of
Egypt a
desolation in the
midst of
desolated lands. And her
cities, in the
midst of
cities that are
laid waste, will be
desolate forty years; and I will
scatter the
Egyptians among the
nations and
disperse them among the
lands."
tw{c'r]a .$w{t.B h'm'm.v ~Iy;r.cim #,r,a -t,a yiT;t'n.w ? 'ny,y.hiT tw{b'r\x'm ~yir'[ .$w{t.B 'hy,r'[.w tw{M;v.n ? ~Iy;r.cim -t,a yit{cip]h;w h'n'v ~yi['B.r;a h'm'm.v ? tw{c'r]a'B ~yityirez.w ~Iyw{G;B
13
'For
thus says the
Lord GOD, "At the
end of
forty years I will
gather the
Egyptians from the
peoples among
whom * they were
scattered.
~yi['B.r;a #eQim hiwh.y y'n{d]a r;m'a h{K yiK ? .Wc{p'n -r,v]a ~yiM;['h -nim ~Iy;r.cim -t,a #eB;q]a h'n'v ? h'M'v
14
"I will
turn the
fortunes of
Egypt and
make them re
turn to the
land of
Pathros, to the
land of their
origin, and
there they will be a
lowly kingdom.
~'t{a yit{biv]h;w ~Iy;r.cim t.Wb.v -t,a yiT.b;v.w ? ~'v .Wy'h.w ~'t'r.Wk.m #,r,a -l;[ sw{r.t;P #,r,a ? h'l'p.v h'k'l.m;m
15
"It will be the
lowest of the
kingdoms, and it will
never again lift itself up
above the
nations. And I will
make them so
small that they will not
rule over the
nations.
aeF;n.tit -a{l.w h'l'p.v h,y.hiT tw{k'l.m;M;h -nim ? tw{d.r yiT.lib.l ~yiT.j;[.mih.w ~Iyw{G;h -l;[ dw{[ ? ~Iyw{G;B
16
"And it will
never again be the
confidence of the
house of
Israel,
bringing to
mind the
iniquity of their having
turned to Egypt. Then they will
know that I am the
Lord GOD.""'
x'j.bim.l lea'r.fIy tyeb.l dw{[ -h,y.hIy a{l.w ? yiK .W[.d'y.w ~,hyer]x;a ~'tw{n.piB !{w'[ ryiK.z;m ? hiwh.y y'n{d]a yin]a