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So now this is what I, the Sovereign Lord , am saying: I am giving the land of Egypt to King Nebuchadnezzar. He will loot and plunder it and carry off all the wealth of Egypt as his army's pay.

I am giving him Egypt in payment for his services, because his army was working for me. I, the Sovereign Lord , have spoken.

He and his ruthless army will come to devastate the land. They will attack Egypt with swords, and the land will be full of corpses.

Now then, this is what I, the Sovereign Lord , say: I am the enemy of the king of Egypt. I am going to break both his arms—the good one and the one already broken—and the sword will fall from his hand.

Then I will make the arms of the king of Babylonia strong and put my sword in his hands. But I will break the arms of the king of Egypt, and he will groan and die in front of his enemy.

"Mortal man," he said, "say to the king of Egypt and all his people: How powerful you are! What can I compare you to?

"The tree is the king of Egypt and all his people. Not even the trees in Eden were so tall and impressive. But now, like the trees of Eden, it will go down to the world of the dead and join the ungodly and those killed in battle. I have spoken," says the Sovereign Lord .

"The sight of all these who were killed in battle will be a comfort to the king of Egypt and his army," says the Sovereign Lord .

"I caused the king of Egypt to terrorize the living, but he and all his army will be killed and laid to rest with all the uncircumcised who die in battle." The Sovereign Lord has spoken.

If someone hears it but pays no attention and the enemy comes and kills him, then he is to blame for his own death.

His death is his own fault, because he paid no attention to the warning. If he had paid attention, he could have escaped.

If I announce that an evil person is going to die but you do not warn him to change his ways so that he can save his life, then he will die, still a sinner, and I will hold you responsible for his death.

"Now, mortal man, tell the Israelites that when someone good sins, the good he has done will not save him. If an evil person stops doing evil, he won't be punished, and if a good man starts sinning, his life will not be spared.

I may promise life to someone good, but if he starts thinking that his past goodness is enough and begins to sin, I will not remember any of the good he did. He will die because of his sins.

When someone evil quits sinning and does what is right and good, he has saved his life.

The trees will bear fruit, the fields will produce crops, and everyone will live in safety on his own land. When I break my people's chains and set them free from those who made them slaves, then they will know that I am the Lord .

Wherever they went, they brought disgrace on my holy name, because people would say, ‘These are the people of the Lord , but they had to leave his land.'

I felt the powerful presence of the Lord , and his spirit took me and set me down in a valley where the ground was covered with bones.

and tell him that I, the Sovereign Lord , am his enemy.

I will turn him around, put hooks in his jaws, and drag him and all his troops away. His army, with its horses and uniformed riders, is enormous, and every soldier carries a shield and is armed with a sword.