Ezekiel 29:9

⁷ When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

⁸ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.

¹⁰ Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

¹¹ No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’
KJV: And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.
WEB: The land of Egypt will be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. “‘“Because he has said, ‘The river is mine, and I have made it,’
ASV: And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. Because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it;
DARBY: And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste: and they shall know that I [am] Jehovah, because he saith, The river is mine, and I made it.
BLB: And the land of Egypt will become a desolation and a ruin, and they will know that I [am] YHWH. Because he said, ‘The River [is] unto me, and I have made [it],’

ÅB: Og Egypt skal bli til en ørken, et øde land, og de skal kjenne at jeg er Herren, fordi han sa: Strømmen hører meg til, jeg har gjort den.
OTB: Egyptens land skal bli en øde ødemark. Da skal de vite at jeg er Herren. Fordi du sa: ‘Nilen er min; jeg laget den,’
B1930: Og Egyptens land skal bli til en ørken, et øde land, og de skal kjenne at jeg er Herren, fordi han sa: Strømmen hører mig til, jeg har gjort den.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 29:3
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.
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Ezekiel 29:10–12
Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
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Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
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Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
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Proverbs 29:23
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
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Ezekiel 30:7–8
And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
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Ezekiel 30:13–19
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
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Jeremiah 43:10–13
And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
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