English Standard Version
Ezekiel 30:8
8Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken.
Ezekiel 30:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are crushed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then they will know that I am the Lord, When I have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are destroyed.
- New Living Translation (NLT)And the people of Egypt will know that I am the Lord when I have set Egypt on fire and destroyed all their allies.
Context of Ezekiel 30:8
6"Thus says the Lord: Those who support Egypt shall fall, and her proud might shall come down; from Migdol to Syene they shall fall within her by the sword, declares the Lord God. 7And they shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries, and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken. 9"On that day messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting people of Cush, and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom; for, behold, it comes! 10"Thus says the Lord God: "I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
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וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה בְּתִתִּי־אֵ֣שׁ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם וְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּ כָּל־עֹזְרֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 30:8
- Ezekiel 28:24"And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 29:6Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord. "Because you have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel,
- Psalms 58:11Mankind will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth."
- Ezekiel 30:14I will make Pathros a desolation and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments on Thebes.
- Ezekiel 22:31Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord God."
- Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled by my anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol, devours the earth and its increase, and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
- Isaiah 42:25So he poured on him the heat of his anger and the might of battle; it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand; it burned him up, but he did not take it to heart.
- Lamentations 4:11The Lord gave full vent to his wrath; he poured out his hot anger, and he kindled a fire in Zion that consumed its foundations.
- Amos 1:4So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
- Amos 2:2So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
- Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who dwell in it.
- Ezekiel 30:6"Thus says the Lord: Those who support Egypt shall fall, and her proud might shall come down; from Migdol to Syene they shall fall within her by the sword, declares the Lord God.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 30:8
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-19This third message against Egypt is written as a lament (a poem of sorrow). It repeats much of the earlier message in Ezekiel 29:1–16. God would judge Egypt and its allies. The nation would fall under his judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-26Two distinct messages: (1) At Eze 30:1-19, a repetition of Eze 29:1-16, with fuller details of lifelike distinctness. The date is probably not long after that mentioned in Eze 29:17, on the eve of Nebuchadnezzar's march against Egypt after subjugating Tyre. (2) A vision relating directly to Pharaoh and the overthrow of his kingdom; communicated at an earlier date, the seventh of the first month of the eleventh year. Not a year after the date in Eze 29:1…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
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