17. In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
18. “Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it.
19. Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to give the land of Egypt to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon. He will carry off her wealth, capture her loot, and seize her plunder; it will be his army’s wages.
20. I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre, because they did it for me, declares the sovereign Lord.
21. On that day I will make Israel powerful, and I will give you the right to be heard among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”