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

16I will set fire to Egypt. Sin will be in much pain. Thebes will be broken into pieces, and Memphis will be in trouble every day. 17The young men from Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle, and people from these cities will go into exile. At Tahpanhes the day will turn dark when I break Egypt’s power. Egypt’s strong army will be defeated. Clouds will cover Egypt, and people from its villages will go into exile. 19Then they will know that I am the Lord, because I will bring punishment on Egypt.’ ” 20On the seventh day of the first month in the eleventh year, the Lord spoke his word to me. He said,

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 2:16People from Noph and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, Israel.
• Jeremiah 43:7They didn’t listen to the Lord, so they went to Egypt. They went as far as Tahpanhes.
• Jeremiah 46:14“Tell this in Egypt; announce this in Migdol. Make it known in Memphis and in Tahpanhes. Say, ‘Take your positions, and get ready. Swords will kill those around you.’
• Exodus 10:15They covered all the ground until it was black ⌞with them⌟. They ate all the plants and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant anywhere in Egypt.
• Isaiah 5:30On that day they will roar over their prey as the sea roars. If they look at the land, they will see only darkness and distress. Even the light will be darkened by thick clouds.
• Isaiah 9:19The land is scorched by the fury of the Lord of Armies, and the people are like fuel for the fire. No one shows concern for others:
• Isaiah 13:10The stars in the sky and their constellations won’t show their light anymore. The sun will be dark when it rises. The moon won’t shine.
• Joel 3:15The sun and the moon will turn dark. The stars will no longer shine.
• Matthew 24:29“Immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not give light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the universe will be shaken.
• Ezekiel 29:15They will be the weakest kingdom, and they will never rule the nations again. I will make them so weak that they will never rule the nations again.
• Isaiah 9:4You will break the yoke that burdens them, the bar that is across their shoulders, and the stick used by their oppressor, as ⌞you did in the battle against⌟ Midian.
• Isaiah 10:27At that time their burden will be removed from your shoulders. Their yoke will be removed from your neck. The yoke will be torn away because you have grown fat.
• Isaiah 14:25I’ll crush Assyria on my land. I’ll trample it underfoot on my mountains. Then its yoke will be removed from my people, and its burden will be removed from their shoulders.”
• Ezekiel 31:18“ ‘This tree is you, Pharaoh, and all your many people. No tree in Eden has ever been as honorable and as great as you. But you will be brought down below the earth with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the godless people who were killed in battle, declares the Almighty Lord.’ ”
• Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, cry for the many people of Egypt. Bring them down along with the other mighty nations. Send them down below the earth to be with those who have gone down to the pit.
• Isaiah 14:11Your pride has been brought down to Sheol along with the music of your harps. Maggots are spread out ⌞like a bed⌟ under you, and worms 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