Ezekiel 30:8

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken.
• 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.

Context of Ezekiel 30:8

6‘This is what the Lord says: “Indeed, those who support Egypt will fall And the pride of her power will come down; From Migdol to Syene They will fall within her by the sword,” Declares the Lord God. 7“They will be desolate In the midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities. And they will know that I am the Lord, When I set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken. 9On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten carefree Cush; and trembling will come on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it is coming!” 10‘This is what the Lord God says: “I will also make the hordes of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Ezekiel 30:8 word by word

וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה בְּתִתִּי־אֵ֣שׁ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם וְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּ כָּל־עֹזְרֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

• knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that I am the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• When I setנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• in Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• And allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• her helpersעָזַר‛âzar · to helpH5826
• are brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665

Cross-references for Ezekiel 30:8

• Ezekiel 28:24And there will no longer be for the house of Israel a painful thorn or a hurtful thorn bush from any surrounding them who despised them; then they will know that I am the Lord God.”
• Ezekiel 29:6Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the Lord, Because they have been only a staff made of reed to the house of Israel.
• Psalms 58:11And people will say, “There certainly is a reward for the righteous; There certainly is a God who judges on the earth!”
• Ezekiel 30:14I will make Pathros desolate, Set a fire in Zoan And execute judgments on Thebes.
• Ezekiel 22:31So I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; I have brought their way upon their heads,” declares the Lord God.
• Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has flared in My anger, And it burns to the lowest part of Sheol, And devours the earth with its yield, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
• Isaiah 42:25So He poured out on him the heat of His anger And the fierceness of battle; And it set him aflame all around, Yet he did not recognize it; And it burned him, but he paid no attention.
• Lamentations 4:11The Lord has expended His wrath, He has poured out His fierce anger; And He has kindled a fire in Zion, And it has consumed its foundations.
• Amos 1:4So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael, And it will consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.
• Amos 2:2So I will send fire upon Moab And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth; And Moab will die amid the panic of battle, Amid war cries and the sound of a trumpet.
• Nahum 1:5Mountains quake because of Him, And the hills come apart; Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, The world and all the inhabitants in it.
• Ezekiel 30:6‘This is what the Lord says: “Indeed, those who support Egypt will fall And the pride of her power will come down; From Migdol to Syene They will 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

Topics related to Ezekiel 30:8

• Confidence
• Ethiopia
• Judgments

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Deadly
• Ethiopia
• Isaiah

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