Ezekiel 29:17-19

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Egypt Is Given to Babylon

¹⁷ It was the twenty-seventh year [^Csince King Jehoiachin’s exile (1:2)], in the first month, on the first day of the month [^CApril 26, 571 bc]. The ·Lord spoke his word [^Lword of the Lord came] to me, saying: ¹⁸ “·Human [^TSon of man; 2:1], Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army ·fight [^Llabor] hard against Tyre. Every soldier’s head was rubbed bare, and every shoulder was rubbed raw. But Nebuchadnezzar and his army gained ·nothing [or no wages] from ·fighting Tyre [^Lthe labor he performed against her]. ¹⁹ So this is what the Lord God says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will ·take away Egypt’s people and its wealth and its treasures [^Lcarry off its wealth and loot and plunder it] as pay for his army.