God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 30:19
19Then they will know that I am the Lord, because I will bring punishment on Egypt.’ ”
Ezekiel 30:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)So I will inflict punishment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the Lord.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”
Context of Ezekiel 30:19
17The young men from Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle, and people from these cities will go into exile. 18At 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. Then 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, 21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. His arm isn’t bandaged, so it can’t heal and be strong enough to hold a sword.
Read all of Ezekiel 30Ezekiel 30:19 word by word
וְעָשִׂ֥יתִי שְׁפָטִ֖ים בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 30:19
- Ezekiel 30:14I will destroy Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and bring punishment on Thebes.
- Ezekiel 5:8“So this is what the Almighty Lord says: I, too, am against you, and I will punish you in front of the nations.
- Ezekiel 25:11I will punish Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 39:21“I will show my greatness among the nations. All the nations will see how I will turn my power against them to punish them.
- Numbers 33:4The Egyptians were burying all their firstborn sons, whom the Lord had killed in a mighty act of judgment on their gods.
- Psalms 9:16The Lord is known by the judgment he has carried out. The wicked person is trapped by the work of his own hands. Higgaion Selah
- Psalms 149:7to take vengeance on the nations, to punish the people of the world,
- Romans 2:5Since you are stubborn and don’t want to change the way you think and act, you are adding to the anger that God will have against you on that day when God vents his anger. At that time God will reveal that his decisions are fair.
- Revelation 17:1One of the seven angels who held the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of that notorious prostitute who sits on raging waters.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 30:19
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19After this judgment, the Egyptians would recognize the Lord’s power. This happened before at the time of the exodus. Even those who do not worship the Lord must finally admit that he is real and powerful.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
In the dictionaries
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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