Verse 3

Ezekiel 29:3

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

3 Speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord God (Elohim): Behold, I come against thee, Pharao king of Egypt, thou great dragon that liest in the midst of thy rivers, and sayest: The river is mine, and I made myself.
Original Language Text
hebrew
דַּבֵּ֨ר וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֜ כֹּֽה אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֗ה הִנְ/נִ֤י עָלֶ֨י/ךָ֙ פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם הַ/תַּנִּים֙ הַ/גָּד֔וֹל הָ/רֹבֵ֖ץ בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ יְאֹרָ֑י/ו אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָמַ֛ר לִ֥/י יְאֹרִ֖/י וַ/אֲנִ֥י עֲשִׂיתִֽ/נִי
English Translation
Speak and say: Thus says my Lord, Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great dragon lying in the midst of your rivers, who said, "My river is mine, and I have made it."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 29 Context
1 In the tenth year, the tenth month, the eleventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me,... Focus ↗
2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharao king of Egypt: and thou shalt prophesy of him, and of all Eg... Focus ↗
3 Speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord God (Elohim): Behold, I come against thee, Pharao king of Egypt,...
4 But I will put a bridle in thy jaws: and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick to thy scales:... Focus ↗
5 And I will cast thee forth into the desert, and all the fish of thy river: thou shalt fall upon the... Focus ↗
6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord: because thou hast been a staff of a... Focus ↗
7 When they took hold of thee with the hand thou didst break, and rent all their shoulder: and when th... Focus ↗
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God (Elohim): Behold, I will bring the sword upon thee: and cut off ma... Focus ↗
9 And the land of Egypt shall become a desert, and a wilderness: and they shall know that I am the Lor... Focus ↗
10 Therefore, behold I come against thee, and thy rivers: and I will make the land of Egypt utterly des... Focus ↗
11 The foot of man shall not pass through it, neither shall the foot of beasts go through it: nor shall... Focus ↗
12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the lands that are desolate, and the citi... Focus ↗
13 For thus saith the Lord God (Elohim): At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the... Focus ↗
14 And I will bring hack the captivity of Egypt, and will place them in the land of Phatures, in the la... Focus ↗
15 It shall be the lowest among other kingdoms, and it shall no more be exalted over the nations, and I... Focus ↗
16 And they shall be no more a confidence to the house of Israel, teaching iniquity, that they may flee... Focus ↗
17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first of the month:... Focus ↗
18 Son of man, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath made his army to undergo hard service against Tyre:... Focus ↗
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God (Elohim): Behold, I will set Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon in... Focus ↗
20 And for the service that he hath done me against it: I have given him the land of Egypt, because he... Focus ↗
21 In that day a horn shall bud forth to the house of Israel, and I will give thee an open mouth in the... Focus ↗