Ezekiel 30:23
in Ezekiel 30I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
KJV
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
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This verse in Ezekiel 30
Commentary
4 notes on this verse(Verse 20 and following) And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month (Vulgate adds 'of the month'), in the seventh month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold it is not bound up, to be healed, that it may be tied with bandages, and clothed with strips (or to receive a healing plaster): and having taken hold of strength, he might hold the sword.
This site's exposition
will disperse them through the countries
on Ezekiel 30:23-26
The chapter ends where the arm image was heading, Pharaoh's arms falling down while I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand, the same transfer of strength from Egypt to Babylon the previous chapter already pictured as Egypt handed over for unpaid wages. The recognition formula closes the chapter twice in three verses, they shall know that I am the Lord, the purpose the book gives for every judgment named in it. Keil notes the near-identical wording that opens and closes verses 25 and 26, deliberate repetition rather than careless duplication, underlining that the whole point of Egypt's fall is what it teaches about the Lord rather than anything Egypt or Babylon does for its own sake.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations,.... Among the several provinces of Babylon, and other places, where the Chaldeans should carry or send them: and will disperse them through the countries: the same thing repeated in different words for the confirmation of it.
19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the L ORD . The prophecy of the destruction of Egypt is here very full and particular, as well as, in the general, very frightful. What can protect a provoking people when the righteous God comes forth to contend with them?
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַהֲפִצוֹתִ֥י | vahafitzoti | and I will scatter | H6327 → | 67 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִצְרַ֖יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם | bagoyim | among the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וְזֵרִיתִ֖ם | vezeritim | and I will disperse them | H2219 → | 39 times |
| בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ | baaratzot | among the lands | H776 → | 2504 times |
וַהֲפִצוֹתִ֥יand I will scatter
vahafitzotiH6327 →67 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מִצְרַ֖יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
בַּגּוֹיִ֑םamong the nations
bagoyimH1471 →561 times
וְזֵרִיתִ֖םand I will disperse them
vezeritimH2219 →39 times
בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃among the lands
baaratzotH776 →2504 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 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 30:26I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
it leads to
- Daniel 11:42
He will extend his power over many countries, and not even the land of Egypt will escape.
- Ezekiel 29:12
I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations…
- Ezekiel 6:13
Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy…
- Ezekiel 30:17–18
The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.
- Daniel 11:42
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.