Ezekiel 30:18

¹⁶ And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

¹⁷ The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.

At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

¹⁹ Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

²⁰ And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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: The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
KJV: At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
WEB: At Tehaphnehes also the day will withdraw itself, when I break the yokes of Egypt there. The pride of her power will cease in her. As for her, a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
ASV: At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
DARBY: And at Tehaphnehes the day shall be darkened, when I break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her strength shall cease in her; as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
BLB: And at Tahpanhes will be held back the day, in my breaking there the yoke of Egypt, and will cease in her the pride of her strength; [as for] her, a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.

ÅB: I Tehafnehes skal dagen bli mørk, når jeg der sønderbryter Egypts åk, og det er ute med dets stolte makt; selv skal det dekkes av en sky, og dets døtre skal gå i fangenskap.
OTB: Mørk skal dagen være i Tahpanhes
når jeg bryter Egypts åk;
der skal hennes stolte styrke ta slutt.
Hun skal bli dekket med skyer,
og hennes døtre skal gå i fangenskap.
B1930: I Tehafnehes skal dagen bli mørk, når jeg der sønderbryter Egyptens åk, og det er ute med dets stolte makt; selv skal det dekkes av en sky, og dets døtre skal gå i fangenskap.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 30:3
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
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Jeremiah 2:16
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
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Ezekiel 29:15
It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
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Isaiah 10:27
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
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Isaiah 5:30
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
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Isaiah 9:4
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
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Joel 3:15
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
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Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
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