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

16Yes, I will set fire to all Egypt! Pelusium will be racked with pain; Thebes will be torn apart; Memphis will live in constant terror. 17The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle, and the women will be taken away as slaves. When I come to break the proud strength of Egypt, it will be a dark day for Tahpanhes, too. A dark cloud will cover Tahpanhes, and its daughters will be led away as captives. 19And so I will greatly punish Egypt, and they will know that I am the Lord.” 20On April 29, during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:

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

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 2:16Egyptians, marching from their cities of Memphis and Tahpanhes, have destroyed Israel’s glory and power.
• Jeremiah 43:7The people refused to obey the voice of the Lord and went to Egypt, going as far as the city of Tahpanhes.
• Jeremiah 46:14“Shout it out in Egypt! Publish it in the cities of Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes! Mobilize for battle, for the sword will devour everyone around you.
• Exodus 10:15For the locusts covered the whole country and darkened the land. They devoured every plant in the fields and all the fruit on the trees that had survived the hailstorm. Not a single leaf was left on the trees and plants throughout the land of Egypt.
• Isaiah 5:30They will roar over their victims on that day of destruction like the roaring of the sea. If someone looks across the land, only darkness and distress will be seen; even the light will be darkened by clouds.
• Isaiah 9:19The land will be blackened by the fury of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. The people will be fuel for the fire, and no one will spare even his own brother.
• Isaiah 13:10The heavens will be black above them; the stars will give no light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will provide no light.
• Joel 3:15The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
• Matthew 24:29“Immediately after the anguish of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will give no light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
• Ezekiel 29:15It will be the lowliest of all the nations, never again great enough to rise above its neighbors.
• Isaiah 9:4For you will break the yoke of their slavery and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders. You will break the oppressor’s rod, just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian.
• Isaiah 10:27In that day the Lord will end the bondage of his people. He will break the yoke of slavery and lift it from their shoulders.
• Isaiah 14:25I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel; I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be their slaves nor bow down under their heavy loads.
• Ezekiel 31:18“O Egypt, to which of the trees of Eden will you compare your strength and glory? You, too, will be brought down to the depths with all these other nations. You will lie there among the outcasts who have died by the sword. This will be the fate of Pharaoh and all his hordes. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
• Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, weep for the hordes of Egypt and for the other mighty nations. For I will send them down to the world below in company with those who descend to the pit.
• Isaiah 14:11Your might and power were buried with you. The sound of the harp in your palace has ceased. Now maggots are your sheet, and worms your blanket.’

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