Ezekiel 29:3

Declare and say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: 1 Behold! I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt. 1 You, the great sea monster that lurks in the midst of the river, 1 that says, “My river is my own. I have made it for myself.”

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

In Context

2“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt; prophesy against him and against all of Egypt.

4For I will place hooks in your jaw, and the fish of your Nile will cling to your scales; I will lift you up from the middle of your river along with all the fish of the river that cling to your scales. 1

Read all of Ezekiel 29

Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:17but you may say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand acquired all this wealth.'

Psalms 76:7You, yes you, are to be feared; 1 who can stand in your sight when you are angry? 1

Isaiah 27:1On that day Yahweh with his hard, great and fierce sword 1 will punish Leviathan the slithering serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent, 1 and he will kill the monster that is in the sea. 1

Jeremiah 44:30Yahweh says this, 'Look, I am about to give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek to kill him. It will the same as when I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.'”

Ezekiel 28:22Say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against you, Sidon! For I will be glorified in your midst so your people will know that I am Yahweh when I execute justice within you. I will be shown to be holy in you.

Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, lift up a lament concerning Pharaoh the king of Egypt; say to him, 'You are like a young lion among the nations, 1 but you are like a monster in the seas; you churn up the water, 1 you stir up the waters with your feet and muddy their waters.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 29:2-8

Pride of Pharaoh; The Ruin of Pharaoh. ( b. c. 589.) 1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: 3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. 4 But I will put hooks… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Ezekiel 29:3