Ezekiel 30:16
in Ezekiel 30I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis shall have adversaries in the day-time.
KJV
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
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This verse in Ezekiel 30
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
distresses daily--MAURER translates, "enemies during the day," that is, open enemies who do not wait for the covert of night to make their attacks (compare Jer 6:4; However, the Hebrew, though rarely, is sometimes rendered (see Ps 13:2) as in English Version.
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This site's exposition
destroy the idols
on Ezekiel 30:13-16
The judgment reaches Egypt's religion by name, I will also destroy the idols, and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt, striking at both the gods and the native monarchy in one sentence, a decisive end to Pharaonic rule the older commentators read as substantially fulfilled once Egypt passed under a succession of foreign crowns. Pathros, Zoan, and No, upper Egypt, the eastern delta capital, and Thebes, name Egypt's major regions and cities in turn rather than leaving the desolation vague, each city bearing its own clause of judgment. Barnes reads the specificity as the same method the book used against Tyre, naming real places so the outcome could be tested against a real map.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(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 Awakening2 voices
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,
And I will set fire in Egypt,....
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָתַ֤תִּי | venatati | and I will put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֵשׁ֙ | ʾesh | fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם | bemitzrayim | in Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| ח֤וּל | chul | surely <writhe in agony> | H2342 → | |
| תָּחוּל֙ | tachil | it will writhe in agony | H2342 → | |
| סִ֔ין | sin | Sin | H5512 → | |
| וְנֹ֖א | veno' | and Thebes | H4996 → | 5 times |
| תִּהְיֶ֣ה | tihyeh | it is | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְהִבָּקֵ֑עַ | lehibakea' | [about] to be broken into | H1234 → | 51 times |
| וְנֹ֖ף | venof | and Memphis | H5297 → | |
| צָרֵ֥י | tzarei- | distress of | H6862 → | |
| יוֹמָֽם׃ | yomam | daytime | H3119 → | 50 times |
וְנָתַ֤תִּיand I will put
venatatiH5414 →2011 times
אֵשׁ֙fire
ʾeshH784 →378 times
בְּמִצְרַ֔יִםin Egypt
bemitzrayimH4714 →641 times
ח֤וּלsurely <writhe in agony>
chulH2342 →
תָּחוּל֙it will writhe in agony
tachilH2342 →
סִ֔יןSin
sinH5512 →
וְנֹ֖אand Thebes
veno'H4996 →5 times
תִּהְיֶ֣הit is
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
לְהִבָּקֵ֑עַ[about] to be broken into
lehibakea'H1234 →51 times
וְנֹ֖ףand Memphis
venofH5297 →
צָרֵ֥יdistress of
tzarei-H6862 →
יוֹמָֽם׃daytime
yomamH3119 →50 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach 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
Ezekiel 28:18By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes…
it leads to
- Malachi 4:3
Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Revelation 18:8
Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
- Amos 1:9–10
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant…
- Ezekiel 28:16
By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among…
- Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of…
- Malachi 4:3
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; 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.