Ezekiel 29:6 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 29:6

Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.

BSB

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ASV

And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

KJV

And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord,.... Who could eject their king from his kingdom, and deliver him into the hands of his enemy; though he thought no God could, as he boastingly said, before observed: because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel; alluding to the country of Egypt, which abounded with reeds that grew upon the banks of the river Nile, and other rivers.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Verse 3 onwards) Behold, I am coming to you, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, the great dragon, who lies (or sits) in the midst of your rivers, and you say: The river is mine, and I have made it for myself (or them). And I will put a bit (or a snare) in your jaws, and I will stick the fish of your rivers to your scales (or feathers), and I will draw you out of the midst of your rivers; and all your fish will cling to your scales (or feathers).

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

They have been a staff of reed - An inefficient and faithless ally. The Israelites expected assistance from them when Nebuchadnezzar came against Jerusalem; and they made a feint to help them, but retired when Nebuchadnezzar went against them. Thus were the Jews deceived and ultimately ruined, see Eze 29:7.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְיָֽדְעוּ֙	ve.ya.de.'U	and they will know	H3045 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י	yo.she.Vei	[the] inhabitants of	H3427 →
מִצְרַ֔יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
כִּ֖י	ki	that	H3588 →
אֲנִ֣י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	[am] Yahweh	H3068 →
יַ֧עַן	Ya.'an	because	H3282 →
הֱיוֹתָ֛ם	he.yo.Tam	have been they	H1961 →
מִשְׁעֶ֥נֶת	mish.'E.net	a staff of	H4938 →
קָנֶ֖ה	ka.Neh	reed	H7070 →
לְבֵ֥ית	le.Veit	for [the] house of	H1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 36:6
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust…
leads to
- Ezekiel 29:6–7
  Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 17:4
  But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years.…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 18:21
  Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust…
- Isaiah 30:1–7
  “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
- Isaiah 31:3
  But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish…
Through
Exodus 9:14
Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
leads to
- Exodus 8:10
  “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
Through
2 Kings 18:21
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust…
leads to
- Isaiah 30:7
  Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
- Isaiah 30:2–3
  They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PlaceThe NileEgyptThe land where Joseph rose, where Israel grew into a nation in bondage, where the Passover lamb was slain and the sea opened, and…

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About Ezekiel