1In the tenth year, tenth month, and twelfth day, the Lord slid into my DMs, saying,

2Yo, son of man, throw shade at Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and drop some prophecies on him and all of Egypt:

3Say this: The Lord God is coming for you, Pharaoh, the big dragon chillin’ in the rivers, thinking, "This river is all mine, I made it."

4But I'm about to put hooks in your jaws, and the fish are gonna stick to your scales, and I'm pulling you outta your rivers, no cap.

5I'm leaving you out in the wild, you and all the fish: you gonna fall in the fields; ain’t nobody gathering you up, you’re dinner for the beasts and birds.

6Everyone in Egypt will know I'm the Lord, 'cause they've been a weak link for Israel.

7When they grabbed you, you broke and messed up their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you snapped and left them hanging.

8So listen up, the Lord God says: I'm bringing a sword your way, gonna wipe out man and beast from you.

9Egypt's land is gonna be a total wasteland, and they’ll know I’m the Lord: 'cause they said, "This river is mine, I made it."

10So yeah, I’m against you and your rivers, and I’m making Egypt totally waste and desolate, from Syene to Ethiopia's border.

11No humans or animals gonna step foot there, and it won’t be lived in for forty years.

12I’ll make Egypt desolate among the desolate, and her cities will be wastelands for forty years: I’m scattering the Egyptians everywhere.

13But the Lord God says: After forty years, I’ll gather the Egyptians from where they were spread out.

14I’ll bring back the captives of Egypt, and they’ll return to Pathros, their home, and it’ll be a base kingdom.

15It’ll be the lowest of kingdoms; it won’t rise above the nations anymore: I’m diminishing them so they can’t rule.

16It won’t be the confidence of Israel anymore, reminding them of their sins when they look at it: they’ll know I’m the Lord God.

17And in the twenty-seventh year, first month, first day, the Lord slid into my DMs again, saying,

18Yo, son of man, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made his army do some major work against Tyrus: heads were shaved, shoulders were raw, but he didn’t get paid for it.

19So the Lord God says: I’m giving Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar, and he’s gonna take all her people and riches as payment for his army.

20I gave him Egypt for his grind against it, 'cause they were working for me, says the Lord God.

21On that day, I’ll make Israel’s horn pop off, and I’ll give you the mouthpiece among them; they’ll know I’m the Lord.

1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

2Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

3Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I 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.

4But 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, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

5And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open 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.

6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

7When they 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.

8Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

9And the 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.

10Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

11No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

12And I will make the land of Egypt desolate 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.

13Yet thus saith the Lord God; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:

14And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.

15It shall be the 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.

16And it shall be no more the 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.

17And 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,

18Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar 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:

19Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

20I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.

21In that day will I 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.