Ezekiel 30:12

Ezekiel 30:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the Lord have spoken it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will dry up the Nile and will sell the land into the hand of evildoers; I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it, by the hand of foreigners; I am the Lord; I have spoken.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will make the rivers dry, And sell the land into the hand of the wicked; I will make the land waste, and all that is in it, By the hand of aliens. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will dry up the Nile River and sell the land to wicked men. I will destroy the land of Egypt and everything in it by the hands of foreigners. I, the Lord, have spoken!

Context of Ezekiel 30:12

10“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 11He and his army—the most ruthless of nations— will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain. I will dry up the waters of the Nile and sell the land to an evil nation; by the hand of foreigners I will lay waste the land and everything in it. I the Lord have spoken. 13“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. No longer will there be a prince in Egypt, and I will spread fear throughout the land. 14I will lay waste Upper Egypt, set fire to Zoan and inflict punishment on Thebes.

Ezekiel 30:12 word by word

וְנָתַתִּ֤י יְאֹרִים֙ חָֽרָבָ֔ה וּמָכַרְתִּ֥י אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ בְּיַד־רָעִ֑ים וַהֲשִׁמֹּתִ֞י אֶ֤רֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ֙ בְּיַד־זָרִ֔ים אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּֽרְתִּי׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• the riversיְאֹרye'ôr · NileH2975
• dryחָֽרָבָהchârâbâh · dry groundH2724
• and sellמָכַרmâkar · to sellH4376
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• into the handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of the wickedרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• wasteשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• and all that is thereinמְלֹאmelô' melô' melô · fullnessH4393
• of strangersזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• I the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• have spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Ezekiel 30:12

• Ezekiel 29:3Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, you great monster lying among your streams. You say, “The Nile belongs to me; I made it for myself.”
• Isaiah 19:4I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
• Isaiah 44:27who says to the watery deep, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your streams,’
• Jeremiah 50:38A drought on her waters! They will dry up. For it is a land of idols, idols that will go mad with terror.
• Jeremiah 51:36Therefore this is what the Lord says: “See, I will defend your cause and avenge you; I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
• Nahum 1:4He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
• Revelation 16:12The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.
• Judges 2:14In his anger against Israel the Lord gave them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
• 1 Corinthians 10:26for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”
• Ezekiel 28:10You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.’ ”
• Ezekiel 31:12and the most ruthless of foreign nations cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys; its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth came out from under its shade and left it.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 30:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12I will make the rivers dry - As the overflowing of the Nile was the grand cause of fertility to Egypt, the drying it up, or preventing that annual inundation, must be the cause of dearth, famine, etc. By rivers, we may understand the various canals cut from the Nile to carry water into the different parts of the land. When the Nile did not rise to its usual height these canals were quite dry.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12I will make the streams dry up: God said he would dry up the Nile River. Egypt depended on the Nile for water, farming, and trade. If the river dried up, the people could not survive or prosper.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. rivers--the artificial canals made from the Nile for irrigation. The drying up of these would cause scarcity of grain, and so prepare the way for the invaders (Is 19:5-10).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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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