EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

PROPHET - DATE JONAH (825-785BC)? JOEL (800BC)? HOSEA (785-725BC)? MICAH (785-710BC)? AMOS (784BC)? ISAIAH (701-681BC)? NAHUM (700BC)? ZEPHANIAH (630BC)? JEREMIAH (629-588BC)? DANIEL (606-534BC)? HABAKKUK (598BC)? EZEKIEL (597-573BC)? OBADIAH (588-562BC)? EZRA (536-456BC)? HAGGAI (532-512BC)? ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)? ESTHER (485-465BC)? NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)? MALACHI (420-397BC)? KING / EVENT - DATE TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)? ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)? JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)? CYRUS (559-529BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? DARIUS (511-475BC)?

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

PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 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.

PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THIS PROCLAMATION? 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?

PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 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 26:1-2 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

PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT? 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 19:1-17 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

PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 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 23:29 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.

WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT? WHO BECAME KING OF JUDAH & WHAT DID HE DO? 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 36:11-13 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

WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT? WHAT DID ZEDEKIAH ASK JEREMIAH TO DO? 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 37:3-5 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.

WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? 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 17:16-18 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

WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 29: 2 WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT? READ: JEREMIAH 43:10-13 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."'"

WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT? WHAT HAPPENED TO PHARAOH HOPHRA? 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 44:30 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

WHY PROPHESY AGAINST EGYPT? WHAT HAPPENED TO PHARAOH? 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 24:7 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

PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 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.

HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? 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?

'My River is my own; I have made it for myself.' 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 46:8 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

3 Speak, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: 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 74:13-14 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

HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? I will put hooks in your jaws 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 41:1-2 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

HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? I will put hooks in your jaws 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 37:29 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 19:27-28)

HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? I will leave you in the wilderness 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 14:3 3 Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.' NKJV

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE EGYPTIANS? You shall fall on the open field; 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 7:33 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 34:20 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

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE EGYPTIANS? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 29: 5 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE EGYPTIANS? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH? READ: JEREMIAH 8:1-2 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

PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 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."

WHAT WILL THE EGYPTIANS KNOW? 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?

WHAT WILL THE EGYPTIANS KNOW? WHEN? 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 36:4-6 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 18:21)

WHAT WILL THE EGYPTIANS KNOW? WHEN? 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 17:5 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

WHAT WILL THE EGYPTIANS KNOW? WHEN? 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 30:1-3 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

PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 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.'

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? ‘I will bring a sword upon you 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'

PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 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.“

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? 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?

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? WHERE DID THEY HEBREW CHILDREN CAMP? 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 14:1-3 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

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? 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 46:8 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

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EGYPT? 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 46:19 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?

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? HOW LONG WILL EGYPT REMAIN DESOLATE? 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 4:6 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

HOW LONG WILL EGYPT REMAIN DESOLATE? WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? 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 19:2-11

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? READ: ISAIAH 19:2-11 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.

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? READ: ISAIAH 19:2-11 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.

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? READ: ISAIAH 19:2-11 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

PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 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.

PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 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’

WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER FORTY YEARS? 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 46:25-26 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

WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER FORTY YEARS? 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 11:11 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 19:22 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

WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER FORTY YEARS? 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 48:47 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 49:6 6 “But afterward I will bring back The captives of the people of Ammon," says the LORD. NKJV

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TYRE? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 29: 13-14 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TYRE? READ: ISAIAH 23:15-18 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

PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 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."'"

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? WHAT WILL ISRAEL REMEMBER? 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?

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EGYPT? 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 10:11 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.

WHAT WILL ISRAEL REMEMBER? WHY? 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 20:3-5 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

BABYLONIA WILL PLUNDER EGYPT 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.

BABYLONIA WILL PLUNDER EGYPT 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 NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S ARMY?

WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THIS PROPHECY? 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 25:1-2 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?

WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THIS PROPHECY? 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 DIDN’T HAVE A NAVY?

HOW LONG DID THE SEIGE LAST AGAINST TYRE? ABOUT 13 YEARS? 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’

WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO? 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 48:37 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

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR LABOUR? 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 49:14-15 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

BABYLONIA WILL PLUNDER EGYPT 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.

BABYLONIA WILL PLUNDER EGYPT WHAT DID THE LORD GIVE TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR? 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’

BABYLONIA WILL PLUNDER EGYPT WHAT DID THE LORD GIVE TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR? 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 26:5 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

WHAT DID THE LORD GIVE TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR? 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 43:10-12 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

WHAT DID THE LORD GIVE TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR? WHY? 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 10:6-7 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

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

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? 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

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? 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 43:3 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

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? 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 3:27 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

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR EZEKIEL? QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 29: 21 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR EZEKIEL? I will open your mouth to speak in their midst READ: EZEKIEL 24:25-27 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

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? 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 3:27 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