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 a fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached And Memphis will have distresses daily. 17The young men of On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And the women will go into captivity. In Tehaphnehes the day will be dark When I break there the yoke bars of Egypt. Then the pride of her power will cease in her; A cloud will cover her, And her daughters will go into captivity. 19Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, And they will know that I am the Lord.”’” 20In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying,

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

• Tehaphnehesתַּחְפַּנְחֵסtachpanchês techaphnechês tachpenês · TahpanhesH8471
• the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• darkחָשַׁךְchâshak · to darkenH2821
• breakשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• the yokeמוֹטָהmôţâh · yokeH4133
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• of her powerעֹז‛ôz ‛ôz · strengthH5797
• will ceaseשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• A cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
• will coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• And her daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• will goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• into captivityשְׁבִיshebîy · captivityH7628

Cross-references for Ezekiel 30:18

• Jeremiah 2:16Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes Have shaved the crown of your head.
• Jeremiah 43:7and they entered the land of Egypt (for they did not obey the voice of the Lord) and went in as far as Tahpanhes.
• Jeremiah 46:14“Declare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol, Proclaim also in Memphis and Tahpanhes; Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself ready, For the sword has devoured those around you.’
• Exodus 10:15For they covered the surface of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Thus nothing green was left on tree or plant of the field through all the land of Egypt.
• Isaiah 5:30And it will growl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress; Even the light is darkened by its clouds.
• Isaiah 9:19By the fury of the Lord of hosts the land is burned up, And the people are like fuel for the fire; No man spares his brother.
• Isaiah 13:10For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light.
• Joel 3:15The sun and moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness.
• Matthew 24:29“But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
• Ezekiel 29:15It will be the lowest of the kingdoms, and it will never again lift itself up above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations.
• Isaiah 9:4For You shall break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders, The rod of their oppressor, as at the battle of Midian.
• Isaiah 10:27So it will be in that day, that his burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because of fatness.
• Isaiah 14:25to break Assyria in My land, and I will trample him on My mountains. Then his yoke will be removed from them and his burden removed from their shoulder.
• Ezekiel 31:18“To which among the trees of Eden are you thus equal in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. So is Pharaoh and all his hordes!”’ declares the Lord God.”
• Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and bring it down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the nether world, with those who go down to the pit;
• Isaiah 14:11Your pomp and the music of your harps Have been brought down to Sheol; Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you And worms are your covering.’

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