Quotes About Prophecy

“Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.

In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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

No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years.

I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered.

Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the nations. For I will diminish Egypt so that it will never again rule over the nations.

In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.

In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ëAlas for that day!í

For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.

Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.

This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.

I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.

I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.

I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes.

The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.

In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.

I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.