New English Translation
Ezekiel 30:18
18In Tahpanhes the day will be dark when I break the yoke of Egypt there. Her confident pride will cease within her; a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
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 ignite a fire in Egypt; Syene will writhe in agony, Thebes will be broken down, and Memphis will face enemies every day. 17The young men of On and of Pi-beseth will die by the sword; and the cities will go into captivity. In Tahpanhes the day will be dark when I break the yoke of Egypt there. Her confident pride will cease within her; a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity. 19I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’” 20In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
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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 2:16Even the soldiers from Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, people of Israel.
- Jeremiah 43:7They went on to Egypt because they refused to obey the Lord, and came to Tahpanhes.
- Jeremiah 46:14“Make an announcement throughout Egypt. Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes. ‘Take your positions and prepare to do battle. For the enemy army is destroying all the nations around you.’
- Exodus 10:15They covered the surface of all the ground, so that the ground became dark with them, and they ate all the vegetation of the ground and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green remained on the trees or on anything that grew in the fields throughout the whole land of Egypt.
- Isaiah 5:30At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.
- Isaiah 9:19Because of the anger of the Lord who commands armies, the land was scorched, and the people became fuel for the fire. People had no compassion on one another.
- Isaiah 13:10Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises, and the moon does not shine.
- Joel 3:15The sun and moon are darkened; the stars withhold their brightness.
- Matthew 24:29“Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.
- Ezekiel 29:15It will be the most insignificant of the kingdoms; it will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations.
- Isaiah 9:4For their oppressive yoke and the club that strikes their shoulders, the cudgel the oppressor uses on them, you have shattered, as in the day of Midian’s defeat.
- Isaiah 10:27At that time the Lord will remove their burden from your shoulders, and their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be taken off because your neck will be too large.
- Isaiah 14:25I will break Assyria in my land, I will trample them underfoot on my hills. Their yoke will be removed from my people, the burden will be lifted from their shoulders.
- Ezekiel 31:18Which of the trees of Eden was like you in majesty and loftiness? You will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword! This is what will happen to Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
- Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; bring her and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the pit.
- Isaiah 14:11Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol, as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. You lie on a bed of maggots, with a blanket of worms over 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
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