and plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed judgments on all those who do them despite round about them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh their God. 029:001 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 029:002 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. 029:003 Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.' 029:004 I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales. 029:005 I'll cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You'll fall on the open field. You won't be brought together, nor gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky. 029:006 All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 029:007 When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and paralyzed all of their thighs." 029:008 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off from you man and animal. 029:009 The land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Yahweh. Because he has said, 'The river is mine, and I have made it;' 029:010 therefore, behold, I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia. 029:011 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of animal shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. 029:012 I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries." 029:013 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered; 029:014 and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom. 029:015 It shall be the base of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more