EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

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• EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

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OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

• PROPHECY AGAINST PHARAOH-HOPHRA
• EGYPT DESTROYED V. 1-7
• EGYPTIANS TAKEN TO BABYLON V. 8-16
• EGYPT GIVEN TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR V. 17-20
• JEWS WILL RETURN FROM BABYLON V. 21

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READ EZEKIEL 29 1-2

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT
• 1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the
  twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD
  came to me, saying,
• 2 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh
  king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and
  against all Egypt.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 1-2

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT
• 1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the
  twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD
  came to me, saying,
• 2 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh
  king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and
  against all Egypt.
• WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THIS PROCLAMATION?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 1

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT
• 1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the
  twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD
  came to me, saying,
• WHEN DID EZEKIEL PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT?
• tenth year, tenth month, twelfth day
• WHEN DID EZEKIEL PROPHESY AGAINST TYRE?
• READ EZEKIEL 261-2
• 1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on
  the first day of the month, that the word of the
  LORD came to me, saying,
• 2 "Son of man, because Tyre has said against
  Jerusalem, 'Aha! She is broken who was the
  gateway of the peoples now she is turned over to
  me I shall be filled she is laid waste.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 2

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT
• 2 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh
  king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and
  against all Egypt.
• WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT?
• READ ISAIAH 191-17
• 1 Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, And
  will come into Egypt The idols of Egypt will
  totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt
  will melt in its midst.
• 17 And the land of Judah will be a terror to
  Egypt everyone who makes mention of it will be
  afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the
  LORD of hosts which He has determined against it.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 2

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT
• 2 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh
  king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and
  against all Egypt.
• WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO JOSIAH?
• READ 2 KINGS 2329
• 29 In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went
  to the aid of the king of Assyria, to the River
  Euphrates and King Josiah went against him. And
  Pharaoh Necho killed him at Megiddo when he
  confronted him.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 2

• 2 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh
  king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and
  against all Egypt.
• WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT?
• WHO BECAME KING OF JUDAH WHAT DID HE DO?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3611-13
• 11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he
  became king, and he reigned eleven years in
  Jerusalem.
• 12 He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God,
  and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the
  prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the LORD.
• 13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar,
  who had made him swear an oath by God but he
  stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against
  turning to the LORD God of Israel. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 2

• 2 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh
  king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and
  against all Egypt.
• WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT?
• WHAT DID ZEDEKIAH ASK JEREMIAH TO DO?
• READ JEREMIAH 373-5
• 3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of
  Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the
  priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, "Pray
  now to the LORD our God for us."
• 4 Now Jeremiah was coming and going among the
  people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
• 5 Then Pharaoh's army came up from Egypt and
  when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem
  heard news of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 2

• 2 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh
  king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and
  against all Egypt.
• WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT?
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
• READ EZEKIEL 1716-18
• 16 'As I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'surely in the
  place where the king dwells who made him king,
  whose oath he despised and whose covenant he
  broke with him in the midst of Babylon he shall
  die.
• 17 Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and
  great company do anything in the war, when they
  heap up a siege mound and build a wall to cut off
  many persons.
• 18 Since he despised the oath by breaking the
  covenant, and in fact gave his hand and still did
  all these things, he shall not escape.'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 2

• WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT?
• READ JEREMIAH 4310-13
• 10 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
  Israel "Behold, I will send and bring
  Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant,
  and will set his throne above these stones that I
  have hidden. And he will spread his royal
  pavilion over them.
• 12 I will kindle a fire in the houses of the
  gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry
  them away captive. And he shall array himself
  with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his
  garment, and he shall go out from there in peace.
  
• 13 He shall also break the sacred pillars of
  Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt and
  the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall
  burn with fire."'"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 2

• 2 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh
  king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and
  against all Egypt.
• WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO PHARAOH HOPHRA?
• READ JEREMIAH 4430
• 30 "Thus says the LORD 'Behold, I will give
  Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his
  enemies and into the hand of those who seek his
  life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the
  hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy
  who sought his life.'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 2

• 2 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh
  king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and
  against all Egypt.
• WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO PHARAOH?
• READ 2 KINGS 247
• 7 And the king of Egypt did not come out of his
  land anymore, for the king of Babylon had taken
  all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the
  Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 29 3-5

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT
• 3 Speak, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD
• "Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of
  Egypt, O great monster who lies in the midst of
  his rivers, Who has said, 'My River is my own I
  have made it for myself.'
• 4 But I will put hooks in your jaws, And cause
  the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales
  I will bring you up out of the midst of your
  rivers, And all the fish in your rivers will
  stick to your scales.
• 5 I will leave you in the wilderness, You and
  all the fish of your rivers You shall fall on
  the open field You shall not be picked up or
  gathered. I have given you as food To the beasts
  of the field And to the birds of the heavens.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 3-5

• 3 Speak, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD
• "Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of
  Egypt, O great monster who lies in the midst of
  his rivers, Who has said, 'My River is my own I
  have made it for myself.'
• 4 But I will put hooks in your jaws, And cause
  the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales
  I will bring you up out of the midst of your
  rivers, And all the fish in your rivers will
  stick to your scales.
• 5 I will leave you in the wilderness, You and
  all the fish of your rivers You shall fall on
  the open field You shall not be picked up or
  gathered. I have given you as food To the beasts
  of the field And to the birds of the heavens.
• WHAT DID PHARAOH SAY?
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 3

• 3 Speak, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD
• "Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of
  Egypt, O great monster who lies in the midst of
  his rivers, Who has said,
• WHAT DID PHARAOH SAY?
• 'My River is my own I have made it for myself.'
• READ JEREMIAH 468
• 8 Egypt rises up like a flood, And its waters
  move like the rivers And he says, 'I will go up
  and cover the earth, I will destroy the city and
  its inhabitants.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 3

• 3 Speak, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD
• "Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of
  Egypt, O great monster who lies in the midst of
  his rivers, Who has said, 'My River is my own I
  have made it for myself.'
• WHAT DID PHARAOH SAY?
• 'My River is my own I have made it for myself.'
• WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?
• READ PSALMS 7413-14
• 13 You divided the sea by Your strength You
  broke the heads of the sea serpents in the
  waters.
• 14 You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces,
  And gave him as food to the people inhabiting the
  wilderness. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 4

• 4 But I will put hooks in your jaws, And cause
  the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales
  I will bring you up out of the midst of your
  rivers, And all the fish in your rivers will
  stick to your scales.
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
• I will put hooks in your jaws
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK JOB?
• READ JOB 411-2
• 1 "Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or
  snare his tongue with a line which you lower?
• 2 Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce
  his jaw with a hook? NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 4

• 4 But I will put hooks in your jaws, And cause
  the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales
  I will bring you up out of the midst of your
  rivers, And all the fish in your rivers will
  stick to your scales.
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
• I will put hooks in your jaws
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO SENNACHERIB?
• READ ISAIAH 3729
• 29 Because your rage against Me and your tumult
• Have come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My
  hook in your nose And My bridle in your lips, And
  I will turn you back By the way which you came.
  NKJV
• (2 KINGS 1927-28)

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 5

• 5 I will leave you in the wilderness, You and
  all the fish of your rivers You shall fall on
  the open field You shall not be picked up or
  gathered. I have given you as food To the beasts
  of the field And to the birds of the heavens.
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
• I will leave you in the wilderness
• WHAT DID PHARAOH SAY?
• READ EXODUS 143
• 3 Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel,
  'They are bewildered by the land the wilderness
  has closed them in.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 5

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE EGYPTIANS?
• You shall fall on the open field
• You shall not be picked up or gathered.
• I have given you as food To the beasts of the
  field
• And to the birds of the heavens.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 733
• 33 The corpses of this people will be food for
  the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the
  earth. And no one will frighten them away.
  NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 3420
• 20 I will give them into the hand of their
  enemies and into the hand of those who seek their
  life. Their dead bodies shall be for meat for the
  birds of the heaven and the beasts of the earth.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 5

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE EGYPTIANS?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 81-2
• 1 "At that time," says the LORD, "they shall
  bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and
  the bones of its princes, and the bones of the
  priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the
  bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of
  their graves.
• 2 They shall spread them before the sun and the
  moon and all the host of heaven, which they have
  loved and which they have served and after which
  they have walked, which they have sought and
  which they have worshiped. They shall not be
  gathered nor buried they shall be like refuse on
  the face of the earth. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 29 6-7

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT
• 6 "Then 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.
• 7 When they took hold of you with the hand, You
  broke and tore all their shoulders When they
  leaned on you, You broke and made all their backs
  quiver."

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 6-7

• 6 "Then 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.
• 7 When they took hold of you with the hand, You
  broke and tore all their shoulders When they
  leaned on you, You broke and made all their backs
  quiver.
• WHAT WILL THE EGYPTIANS KNOW?
• I am the LORD
• WHEN?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 6-7

• 6 "Then 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.
• 7 When they took hold of you with the hand, You
  broke and tore all their shoulders When they
  leaned on you, You broke and made all their backs
  quiver.
• WHAT WILL THE EGYPTIANS KNOW? WHEN?
• WHAT DID THE KING OF ASSYRIA SAY TO JUDAH?
• READ ISAIAH 364-6
• 4 ."What confidence is this in which you trust?
• 6 Look! You are trusting in the staff of this
  broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it
  will go into his hand and pierce it. So is
  Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
  NKJV (2 KINGS 1821)

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 6-7

• 6 "Then 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.
• 7 When they took hold of you with the hand, You
  broke and tore all their shoulders When they
  leaned on you, You broke and made all their backs
  quiver.
• WHAT WILL THE EGYPTIANS KNOW? WHEN?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL JUDAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 175
• 5 Thus says the LORD "Cursed is the man who
  trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose
  heart departs from the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 6-7

• WHAT WILL THE EGYPTIANS KNOW? WHEN?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL JUDAH?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 301-3
• 1 "Woe to the rebellious children," says the
  LORD, "Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who
  devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may
  add sin to sin
• 2 Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not
  asked My advice, To strengthen themselves in the
  strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow
  of Egypt!
• 3 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh shall be
  your shame, And trust in the shadow of Egypt
  shall be your humiliation. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 29 8-9

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT
• 8 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Surely I
  will bring a sword upon you and cut off from you
  man and beast.
• 9 And the land of Egypt shall become desolate
  and waste then they will know that I am the
  LORD, because he said, 'The River is mine, and I
  have made it.'

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 8-9

• 8 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Surely I
  will bring a sword upon you and cut off from you
  man and beast.
• 9 And the land of Egypt shall become desolate
  and waste then they will know that I am the
  LORD, because he said, 'The River is mine, and I
  have made it.'
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT?
• I will bring a sword upon you
• and cut off from you man and beast
• the land of Egypt shall become desolate and
  waste
• WHY?
• BECAUSE HE SAID
• 'The River is mine and I have made it'

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READ EZEKIEL 29 10-12

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT
• 10 Indeed, therefore, I am against you and
  against your rivers, and I will make the land of
  Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to
  Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia.
• 11 Neither foot of man shall pass through it nor
  foot of beast pass through it, and it shall be
  uninhabited forty years.
• 12 I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the
  midst of the countries that are desolate and
  among the cities that are laid waste, her cities
  shall be desolate forty years and I will scatter
  the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them
  throughout the countries.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 10-12

• 10 Indeed, therefore, I am against you and
  against your rivers, and I will make the land of
  Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to
  Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia.
• 11 Neither foot of man shall pass through it nor
  foot of beast pass through it, and it shall be
  uninhabited forty years.
• 12 I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the
  midst of the countries that are desolate and
  among the cities that are laid waste, her cities
  shall be desolate forty years and I will scatter
  the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them
  throughout the countries.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 10

• 10 Indeed, therefore, I am against you and
  against your rivers, and I will make the land of
  Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to
  Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT?
• I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste
  desolate, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the
  border of Ethiopia
• WHERE DID THEY HEBREW CHILDREN CAMP?
• READ EXODUS 141-3
• 2 Speak to the children of Israel, that they
  turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol
  and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon you shall camp
  before it by the sea. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 10

• 10 Indeed, therefore, I am against you and
  against your rivers, and I will make the land of
  Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to
  Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT?
• WHAT DID EGYPT SAY DO?
• READ JEREMIAH 468
• 8 Egypt rises up like a flood, And its waters
  move like the rivers And he says, 'I will go up
  and cover the earth, I will destroy the city and
  its inhabitants.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 10

• 10 Indeed, therefore, I am against you and
  against your rivers, and I will make the land of
  Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to
  Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT?
• READ JEREMIAH 4619
• 19 O you daughter dwelling in Egypt, Prepare
  yourself to go into captivity! For Noph shall be
  waste and desolate, without inhabitant. NKJV
• WHERE IS NOPH? CAIRO?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 11-12

• 11 Neither foot of man shall pass through it nor
  foot of beast pass through it, and it shall be
  uninhabited forty years.
• 12 I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the
  midst of the countries that are desolate and
  among the cities that are laid waste, her cities
  shall be desolate forty years and I will scatter
  the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them
  throughout the countries.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT?
• HOW LONG WILL EGYPT REMAIN DESOLATE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 46
• 6 When you have completed them, lie again on
  your right side then you shall bear the iniquity
  of the house of Judah forty days. I have laid on
  you a day for each year. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 11-12

• 11 Neither foot of man shall pass through it nor
  foot of beast pass through it, and it shall be
  uninhabited forty years.
• 12 I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the
  midst of the countries that are desolate and
  among the cities that are laid waste, her cities
  shall be desolate forty years and I will scatter
  the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them
  throughout the countries.
• HOW LONG WILL EGYPT REMAIN DESOLATE?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT?
• READ ISAIAH 192-11

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WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT?

• READ ISAIAH 192-11
• 2 "I will set Egyptians against Egyptians
  Everyone will fight against his brother, And
  everyone against his neighbor, City against city,
  kingdom against kingdom.
• 3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst I
  will destroy their counsel, And they will consult
  the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the
  sorcerers.
• 4 And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of
  a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over
  them, Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

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WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT?

• READ ISAIAH 192-11
• 5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the
  river will be wasted and dried up.
• 6 The rivers will turn foul The brooks of
  defense will be emptied and dried up The reeds
  and rushes will wither.
• 7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth
  of the River, And everything sown by the River,
  Will wither, be driven away, and be no more.
• 8 The fishermen also will mourn All those will
  lament who cast hooks into the River, And they
  will languish who spread nets on the waters.

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WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT?

• READ ISAIAH 192-11
• 9 Moreover those who work in fine flax And those
  who weave fine fabric will be ashamed
• 10 And its foundations will be broken. All who
  make wages will be troubled of soul.
• 11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools
  Pharaoh's wise counselors give foolish counsel.
  How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the
  wise, The son of ancient kings?" NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 29 13-14

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT
• 13 'Yet, thus says the Lord GOD "At the end of
  forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the
  peoples among whom they were scattered.
• 14 I will bring back the captives of Egypt and
  cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to
  the land of their origin, and there they shall be
  a lowly kingdom.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 13-14

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT
• 13 'Yet, thus says the Lord GOD "At the end of
  forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the
  peoples among whom they were scattered.
• 14 I will bring back the captives of Egypt and
  cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to
  the land of their origin, and there they shall be
  a lowly kingdom.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER FORTY YEARS?
• I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples
• among whom they were scattered
• I will bring back the captives of Egypt
• and cause them to return to the land of Pathros

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 13-14

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER FORTY YEARS?
• I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples
• among whom they were scattered
• I will bring back the captives of Egypt
• and cause them to return to the land of Pathros
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT?
• READ JEREMIAH 4625-26
• 25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says
  "Behold, I will bring punishment on Amon of No,
  and Pharaoh and Egypt, with their gods and their
  kings Pharaoh and those who trust in him.
• 26 And I will deliver them into the hand of
  those who seek their lives, into the hand of
  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of
  his servants. Afterward it shall be inhabited as
  in the days of old," says the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 13-14

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER FORTY YEARS?
• I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples
• among whom they were scattered
• I will bring back the captives of Egypt
• and cause them to return to the land of Pathros
• READ ISAIAH 1111
• 11 It shall come to pass in that day That the
  Lord shall set His hand again the second time To
  recover the remnant of His people who are left,
  From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush,
  From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands
  of the sea. NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 1922
• 22 The LORD will strike Egypt, He will strike
  and heal it they will return to the LORD, and He
  will be entreated by them and heal them. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 13-14

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER FORTY YEARS?
• I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples
• among whom they were scattered
• I will bring back the captives of Egypt
• and cause them to return to the land of Pathros
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MOAB?
• READ JEREMIAH 4847
• 47 "Yet I will bring back the captives of Moab
• In the latter days," says the LORD. NKJV
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO AMMON?
• READ JEREMIAH 496
• 6 But afterward I will bring back The captives
  of the people of Ammon," says the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 13-14

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TYRE?
• READ ISAIAH 2315-18
• 15 Now it shall come to pass in that day that
  Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according
  to the days of one king. At the end of seventy
  years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of
  the harlot
• 16 "Take a harp, go about the city, You
  forgotten harlot Make sweet melody, sing many
  songs, That you may be remembered."
• 17 And it shall be, at the end of seventy years,
  that the LORD will deal with Tyre. She will
  return to her hire, and commit fornication with
  all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the
  earth.
• 18 Her gain and her pay will be set apart for
  the LORD it will not be treasured nor laid up,
  for her gain will be for those who dwell before
  the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for fine
  clothing. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 29 15-16

• PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT
• 15 It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms it
  shall never again exalt itself above the nations,
  for I will diminish them so that they will not
  rule over the nations anymore.
• 16 No longer shall it be the confidence of the
  house of Israel, but will remind them of their
  iniquity when they turned to follow them. Then
  they shall know that I am the Lord GOD."'"

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 15-16

• 15 It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms it
  shall never again exalt itself above the nations,
  for I will diminish them so that they will not
  rule over the nations anymore.
• 16 No longer shall it be the confidence of the
  house of Israel, but will remind them of their
  iniquity when they turned to follow them. Then
  they shall know that I am the Lord GOD."'"
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT?
• WHAT WILL ISRAEL REMEMBER?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 15

• 15 It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms it
  shall never again exalt itself above the nations,
  for I will diminish them so that they will not
  rule over the nations anymore.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT?
• WHY?
• READ ZECHARIAH 1011
• 11 He shall pass through the sea with
  affliction,
• And strike the waves of the sea All the depths
  of the River shall dry up. Then the pride of
  Assyria shall be brought down, And the scepter of
  Egypt shall depart.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 16

• 16 No longer shall it be the confidence of the
  house of Israel, but will remind them of their
  iniquity when they turned to follow them. Then
  they shall know that I am the Lord GOD."'"
• WHAT WILL ISRAEL REMEMBER? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 203-5
• 3 The LORD said, "Just as My servant Isaiah has
  walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign
  and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia,
• 4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the
  Egyptians as prisoners and the Ethiopians as
  captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, with
  their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
• 5 They shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia
  their expectation and Egypt their glory. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 29 17-18

• BABYLONIA WILL PLUNDER EGYPT
• 17 And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh
  year, in the first month, on the first day of the
  month, that the word of the LORD came to me,
  saying,
• 18 "Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
  caused his army to labor strenuously against
  Tyre every head was made bald, and every
  shoulder rubbed raw yet neither he nor his army
  received wages from Tyre, for the labor which
  they expended on it.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 17-18

• BABYLONIA WILL PLUNDER EGYPT
• 17 And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh
  year, in the first month, on the first day of the
  month, that the word of the LORD came to me,
  saying,
• 18 "Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
  caused his army to labor strenuously against
  Tyre every head was made bald, and every
  shoulder rubbed raw yet neither he nor his army
  received wages from Tyre, for the labor which
  they expended on it.
• WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THIS PROPHECY?
• twenty-seventh year, first month, first day
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT NEBUCHADNEZZARS ARMY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 17

• 17 And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh
  year, in the first month, on the first day of the
  month, that the word of the LORD came to me,
  saying,
• WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THIS PROPHECY?
• twenty-seventh year, first month, first day
• HOW LONG WAS THE SEIGE AGAINST JERUSALEM?
• READ 2 KINGS 251-2
• 1 It came to pass in the ninth year of his
  reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of
  the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
  and all his army came against Jerusalem and
  encamped against it and they built a siege wall
  against it all around.
• 2 So the city was besieged until the eleventh
  year of King Zedekiah. (589 B.C. - 586 B.C.?)
  - 2 YEARS?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 17

• 17 And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh
  year, in the first month, on the first day of the
  month, that the word of the LORD came to me,
  saying,
• WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THIS PROPHECY?
• twenty-seventh year - first month - first day
• HOW LONG DID THE SEIGE LAST AGAINST TYRE?
• ABOUT 13 YEARS?
• WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG?
• NEBUCHADNEZZAR DIDNT HAVE A NAVY?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 18

• 18 "Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
  caused his army to labor strenuously against
  Tyre every head was made bald, and every
  shoulder rubbed raw yet neither he nor his army
  received wages from Tyre, for the labor which
  they expended on it.
• HOW LONG DID THE SEIGE LAST AGAINST TYRE?
• ABOUT 13 YEARS?
• WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO?
• He caused his army to labor strenuously against
  Tyre
• WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR LABOUR?
• every head was bald every shoulder rubbed raw

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 18

• WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO?
• He caused his army to labor strenuously against
  Tyre
• WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR LABOUR?
• every head was bald every shoulder rubbed raw
• WHY WERE THE PEOPLE OF MOAB BALD?
• READ JEREMIAH 4837
• 37 Every head shall be bald, and every beard
  clipped On all the hands shall be cuts, and on
  the loins sackcloth
• 38 A general lamentation On all the housetops
  of Moab, And in its streets For I have broken
  Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure," says
  the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 18

• 18 "Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
  caused his army to labor strenuously against
  Tyre every head was made bald, and every
  shoulder rubbed raw yet neither he nor his army
  received wages from Tyre, for the labor which
  they expended on it.
• WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR LABOUR?
• every head was bald every shoulder rubbed raw
• WHAT DID JACOB SAY ABOUT ISSACHAR?
• READ GENESIS 4914-15
• 14 Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down
  between two burdens
• 15 He saw that rest was good, And that the land
  was pleasant He bowed his shoulder to bear a
  burden,
• And became a band of slaves. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 29 19-20

• BABYLONIA WILL PLUNDER EGYPT
• 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD 'Surely I
  will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar
  king of Babylon he shall take away her wealth,
  carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage and
  that will be the wages for his army.
• 20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his
  labor, because they worked for Me,' says the Lord
  GOD.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 19-20

• BABYLONIA WILL PLUNDER EGYPT
• 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD 'Surely I
  will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar
  king of Babylon he shall take away her wealth,
  carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage and
  that will be the wages for his army.
• 20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his
  labor, because they worked for Me,' says the Lord
  GOD.
• WHAT DID THE LORD GIVE TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• WHY?
• I have given him the land of Egypt for his
  labor, because they worked for Me

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 19

• BABYLONIA WILL PLUNDER EGYPT
• WHAT DID THE LORD GIVE TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar
• He shall take away her wealth, carry off her
  spoil,
• and remove her pillage
• and that will be the wages for his army.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO TYRE?
• READ EZEKIEL 265
• 5 It shall be a place for spreading nets in the
  midst of the sea, for I have spoken,' says the
  Lord GOD 'it shall become plunder for the
  nations. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 19

• WHAT DID THE LORD GIVE TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar
• He shall take away her wealth, carry off her
  spoil,
• and remove her pillage
• and that will be the wages for his army.
• READ JEREMIAH 4310-12
• 10 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
  Israel "Behold, I will send and bring
  Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant,
  and will set his throne above these stones that I
  have hidden. And he will spread his royal
  pavilion over them.
• 12 I will kindle a fire in the houses of the
  gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry
  them away captive. And he shall array himself
  with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his
  garment, and he shall go out from there in peace.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 20

• WHAT DID THE LORD GIVE TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• WHY?
• I have given him the land of Egypt for his
  labor, because they worked for Me
• WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT THE KING OF ASSYRIA
• READ ISAIAH 106-7
• 6 I will send him against an ungodly nation, And
  against the people of My wrath I will give him
  charge,
• To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And to
  tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• 7 Yet he does not mean so, Nor does his heart
  think so But it is in his heart to destroy, And
  cut off not a few nations. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 29 21

• ISRAEL WILL RETURN
• 21 In that day I will cause the horn of the
  house of Israel to spring forth, and I will open
  your mouth to speak in their midst. Then they
  shall know that I am the LORD.'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 21

• ISRAEL WILL RETURN
• 21 In that day I will cause the horn of the
  house of Israel to spring forth, and I will open
  your mouth to speak in their midst. Then they
  shall know that I am the LORD.'" NKJV
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
• I will cause the horn of the house of Israel
• to spring forth
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR EZEKIEL?
• I will open your mouth to speak in their midst
• WHAT WILL THEY KNOW?
• I am the LORD

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 21

• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
• I will cause the horn of the house of Israel
• to spring forth and
• I will open your mouth to speak in their midst
• WHAT WILL THEY KNOW?
• I am the LORD
• WHAT DID THE LORD GIVE FOR ISRAEL?
• READ ISAIAH 433
• 3 I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of
  Israel, your Savior I gave Egypt for your
  ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 21

• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
• I will cause the horn of the house of Israel
• to spring forth and
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR EZEKIEL?
• I will open your mouth to speak in their midst
• READ EZEKIEL 327
• 27 When I speak with you, I will open your
  mouth, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the
  Lord GOD.' He who hears, let him hear and he who
  refuses, let him refuse for they are a
  rebellious house. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 21

• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR EZEKIEL?
• I will open your mouth to speak in their midst
• READ EZEKIEL 2425-27
• 25 'And you, son of man will it not be in the
  day when I take from them their stronghold, their
  joy and their glory, the desire of their eyes,
  and that on which they set their minds, their
  sons and their daughters
• 26 on that day one who escapes will come to you
  to let you hear it with your ears
• 27 on that day your mouth will be opened to him
  who has escaped you shall speak and no longer be
  mute. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they
  shall know that I am the LORD.'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 29 21

• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
• I will cause the horn of the house of Israel
• to spring forth and
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR EZEKIEL?
• I will open your mouth to speak in their midst
• READ EZEKIEL 327
• 27 When I speak with you, I will open your
  mouth, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the
  Lord GOD.' He who hears, let him hear and he who
  refuses, let him refuse for they are a
  rebellious house. NKJV

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