Ezekiel 30:10
8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
12 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
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
- 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.
- KJV
- Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
- WEB
- “‘The Lord GOD says: “I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
- ASV
- Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
- DARBY
- Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
- BLB
- Thus says the Lord YHWH: The wealth of Egypt I will bring to an end by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
- ÅB
- Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Jeg vil gjøre ende på Egypts larmende hop ved Nebukadnesar, Babels konge.
- OTB
- ‘Dette erklærer den suverene Herren:
“Jeg vil gjøre ende på den egyptiske mengden
og jeg vil bruke Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylons, hånd. - B1930
- Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Jeg vil gjøre ende på Egyptens larmende hop ved Nebukadnesar, Babels konge.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 29:19
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
Read in contextEzekiel 32:11–16
For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
Read in contextEzekiel 29:4–5
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
Read in contextEzekiel 30:24–25
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
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