Ezekiel 30:12
10 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.
11 He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.
I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.
13 This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.
14 I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.
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.
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- BSB
- I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- I will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men. I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of foreigners. I, the LORD, have spoken it.”
- ASV
- And I will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men; and I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
- DARBY
- And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked; and I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I Jehovah have spoken [it].
- BLB
- I will make the rivers into dry ground, and will sell the land into the hand of the wicked; I will make desolate the land and its fullness by the hand of strangers. I, YHWH, have spoken.
- ÅB
- Og jeg vil la strømmene tørkes ut og selge landet i onde menneskers hånd, og jeg vil ødelegge landet og alt som i det er, ved fremmedes hånd; jeg, Herren, har talt.
- OTB
- Jeg vil tørke ut Nilens vann
og selge landet i onde menns hender;
ved fremmedes hånd vil jeg legge landet øde
og alt som er i det.
Jeg, Herren, har talt. - B1930
- Og jeg vil la strømmene tørkes ut og selge landet i onde menneskers hånd, og jeg vil ødelegge landet og alt som i det er, ved fremmedes hånd; jeg, Herren, har talt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 29:3
Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
Read in contextNahum 1:4
He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
Read in contextEzekiel 28:10
You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”
Read in contextIsaiah 44:27
who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
Read in contextIsaiah 19:4–10
I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Read in contextJudges 2:14
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
Read in contextEzekiel 29:9–10
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,’
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:26
for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”
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