1 Apr 571 BC: Ezekiel 29.17ff. "Babylonian Will Plunder Egypt"

1 April 571 B.C. Ezekiel 29.17ff. “Babylonia Will Plunder Egypt.”

Ezekiel 29:17-21

1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)

¹⁷ ¶ In the ^[a]seven and twentieth year also in the first month, and in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,

¹⁸ Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel caused his army to serve a great ^[b]service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was made bare: yet he had no wages, ^[c]nor his army for Tyre, for the service that he served against it.

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

²⁰ I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor, that he served ^[d]against it, because they wrought ^[e]for me, saith the Lord God.

²¹ In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to grow, and I will give thee an open mouth in the midst of them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Footnotes:

1. Ezekiel 29:17 Counting from the captivity of Jeconiah.
2. Ezekiel 29:18 He took great pains at the siege of Tyre, and his army was sore handled.
3. Ezekiel 29:18 Signifying that Nebuchadnezzar had more pains than profit, by the taking of Tyre.
4. Ezekiel 29:20 Or, in it.
5. Ezekiel 29:20 Or, evil against me.