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Ezekiel 30:13

in Ezekiel 30

This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis; and there shall be no more a prince from the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

KJV

Thus saith the Lord God; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

This verse in Ezekiel 30

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Their images to cease out of Noph - Afterwards Memphis, and now Cairo or Kahira. This was the seat of Egyptian idolatry; the place where Apis was particularly worshipped. No more a prince of the land of Egypt - Not one, from that time to the present day. See the note on Eze 29:14.

This site's exposition

destroy the idols

on Ezekiel 30:13-16

The judgment reaches Egypt's religion, I will also destroy the idols, and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt. Pathros, Zoan, and No, upper Egypt, the delta capital, and Thebes, name Egypt's cities. Barnes reads the specificity as the method the book used against Tyre.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Chapter 30, Verses 1 and following) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, prophesy and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Howl ye, woe, woe to the day: For the day is near, yea the day of the Lord is near, a day of cloud, the time of the nations shall be. And the sword shall come upon Egypt: and there shall be dread in Ethiopia, when the wounded shall fall in Egypt, and the multitude thereof shall be taken away, and the foundations thereof shall be destroyed.

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

A repetition of a former prophecy against Egypt, just before the desolation of it begun by their own bad conduct, which gradually weakened them and prepared the way for the king of Babylon,
Thus saith the Lord God, I will also destroy the idols,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Is her courage her support, and does she think to uphold herself by the bravery of her men of war, who have now of late been inured to service? That shall fail: I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. Is the rising generation her support? is she upheld by her children, and does she think herself happy because she has her quiver full of them?

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כֹּֽה־thus

    koh-H3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֞רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord

    ʾadonaiH136 →440 times

  • יְהוִ֗הYahweh

    yahwehH3069 →306 times

  • וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֨יand I will destroy

    vehaavadtiH6 →184 times

  • גִלּוּלִ֜יםidols

    gilulimH1544 →48 times

  • וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֤יand I will cause to cease

    vehishbatiH7673 →71 times

  • אֱלִילִים֙worthless idols

    ʾelilimH457 →

  • מִנֹּ֔ףfrom Memphis

    minofH5297 →

  • וְנָשִׂ֥יאand a prince

    venasi'H5387 →134 times

  • מֵאֶֽרֶץ־from [the] land of

    meeretz-H776 →2504 times

  • מִצְרַ֖יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יִֽהְיֶה־he will be

    yihyeh-H1961 →3559 times

  • ע֑וֹדagain

    odH5750 →490 times

  • וְנָתַתִּ֥יand I will put

    venatatiH5414 →2011 times

  • יִרְאָ֖הfear

    yirahH3374 →

  • בְּאֶ֥רֶץin [the] land of

    beeretzH776 →2504 times

  • מִצְרָֽיִם׃Egypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 2:16

    The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 44:1

      This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 46:14

      “Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’

  • Through

    Zechariah 13:2

    And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and…

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 22:22

      And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

    • Hosea 2:17

      For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.

    • Jeremiah 23:14–15

      And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness.…

    • Exodus 23:13

      Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.

    • Ezekiel 36:25

      I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

  • Through

    Hosea 9:6

    For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.

    it leads to

    • Hosea 10:8

      The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall…

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.