Ezekiel 30:18

Ezekiel 30:18 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt; there her proud strength will come to an end. She will be covered with clouds, and her villages will go into captivity.
• English Standard Version (ESV)At Tehaphnehes the day shall be dark, when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt, and her proud might shall come to an end in her; she shall be covered by a cloud, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
• New King James Version (NKJV)At Tehaphnehes the day shall also be darkened, When I break the yokes of Egypt there. And her arrogant strength shall cease in her; As for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her daughters shall go into captivity.

Context of Ezekiel 30:18

16Yes, I will destroy all of Egypt with fire! The people of Pelusium will suffer with great pain. Enemies will knock down the walls of Thebes. The people of Memphis will live in fear every day. 17The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in the war. Enemies will take the other people from those cities as their prisoners. It will be a very dark day in Tahpanhes when I destroy Egypt's strength. Egypt will not be proud of her great power any more. A dark cloud will cover the land. Enemies will take away the people from Egypt's villages as prisoners. 19That is how I will punish Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord.” ’ 20The Lord gave this message to me on the 7th day of the first month, in the 11th year:

Ezekiel 30:18 word by word

וּבִֽתְחַפְנְחֵס֙ חָשַׂ֣ךְ הַיּ֔וֹם בְּשִׁבְרִי־שָׁם֙ אֶת־מֹט֣וֹת מִצְרַ֔יִם וְנִשְׁבַּת־בָּ֖הּ גְּא֣וֹן עֻזָּ֑הּ הִ֚יא עָנָ֣ן יְכַסֶּ֔נָּה וּבְנוֹתֶ֖יהָ בַּשְּׁבִ֥י תֵלַֽכְנָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• At Tehaphnehesתַּחְפַּנְחֵסtachpanchês techaphnechês tachpenês · TahpanhesH8471
• also the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• shall be darkenedחָשַׂךְchâώak · to withholdH2820
• shall be darkenedחָשַׁךְchâshak · to darkenH2821
• when I shall breakשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• there the yokesמוֹטָהmôţâh · yokeH4133
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• and the pompגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• of her strengthעֹז‛ôz ‛ôz · strengthH5797
• shall ceaseשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• in herהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• as for her, a cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
• shall coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• her, and her daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• shall goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• into captivityשְׁבִיshebîy · captivityH7628

Cross-references for Ezekiel 30:18

• Jeremiah 2:16Soldiers from Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken your skulls!
• Jeremiah 43:7The people went to Egypt because they did not obey the Lord. They went as far as the city of Tahpanhes.
• Jeremiah 46:14‘Shout this message everywhere in Egypt. Let people hear it in Migdol, Memphis and in Tahpanhes. “Get ready to fight against your enemies! They are already killing the people all around you.”
• Exodus 10:15The locusts covered all the ground, until the ground became black with locusts. They ate all the plants that grew in the ground, and all the fruit of the trees. They ate everything that the hail had not destroyed. Not one green thing remained on any tree or plant, in all the country of Egypt.
• Isaiah 5:30On the day that they attack, the enemy will roar over the people that they catch. They will make a noise like a rough sea. If anyone looks across the land, it will be completely dark because of all the trouble. Clouds will make the light of day become dark.
• Isaiah 9:19The Lord Almighty is very angry. He punishes the land of Israel, like a fire that burns everything. The people are like wood that makes the fire burn well. None of them try to help each other.
• Isaiah 13:10When he does that, the stars in the sky will give no light. When the sun rises in the morning, it will still be dark. The moon will no longer shine.
• Joel 3:15The sun and moon will become dark. The stars will not shine.
• Matthew 24:29Then after all these bad things have happened, “The sun will become dark. The moon will not shine any more. Stars will fall out of the sky. And the powerful things in the sky will shake.”
• Ezekiel 29:15Egypt will be the least important of all kingdoms. It will never again have power over other nations. I will make it too weak to rule over other nations.
• Isaiah 9:4They are happy because you have removed the power of their cruel enemies. They no longer have to carry a heavy load, as slaves. You have rescued them from their enemies, in the same way that you won against Midian's army.
• Isaiah 10:27At that time, the Lord will remove the heavy load that is on your shoulders. He will destroy the yoke that is on your neck. You will no longer be their slaves. The Lord will bless you and make you fat.
• Isaiah 14:25I will destroy the Assyrians who are in my land. I will knock them down on my mountains. They will no longer be cruel to my people. My people will not be their slaves any more.
• Ezekiel 31:18Yes, Egypt is very strong, like the great trees of Eden. You are as great and powerful as any nation. But you will fall to the ground and go into your grave. It happened to Assyria and the other nations, and it will happen to you. You will lie under the ground among people who do not belong to me and who have died in war. This is a picture of what will happen to Pharaoh and all his people. That is what the Almighty Lord says.” ’
• Ezekiel 32:18‘Son of man, weep for the many people of Egypt. Send them down to the place of dead people, deep under the ground. They will be there in their graves with the people of other powerful nations.
• Isaiah 14:11Your great power has now come down low, into the deep hole of death. People no longer praise you with their harps. Now you will lie on a bed of maggots. A blanket of worms will cover you.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 30:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Tehaphnehes - Called also Tahapanes, Jeremiah 2:16. This is the Pelusian Daphne. Break there the yokes - The sceptres. Nebuchadnezzar broke the scepter of Egypt when he confirmed the kingdom to Amasis, who had rebelled against Apries.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Tehaphnehes - See the marginal reference note. “break the yokes of Egypt” i. e., break the yokes imposed by Egypt, or break up the tyrannous dominion of Egypt over other lands.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18Tahpanhes was a fortress town on Egypt's northeastern border. darkened: Egypt’s light would turn to darkness when God judged it. This recalls the plague of darkness during the exodus (Exodus 10:21–23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. Tehaphnehes--called from the queen of Egypt mentioned in 1Ki 11:19. The same as Daphne, near Pelusium, a royal residence of the Pharaohs (Jr 43:7, 9). Called Hanes (Is 30:4). break ... the yokes of Egypt--that is, the tyrannical supremacy which she exercised over other nations. Compare "bands of their yoke" (Eze 34:7). a cloud--namely, of calamity.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings