Ezekiel 29:8
in Ezekiel 29Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast.
KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
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This verse in Ezekiel 29
Commentary
3 notes on this verse(Verse 8 and following) Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast. And the land of Egypt shall become a desolation (or destruction) and a wilderness: and they shall know that I am the Lord: because he (or you) said, My river is mine, and I have made it (or My rivers are mine, and I have made them).
This site's exposition
I will bring a sword against you
on Ezekiel 29:8-9
The sentence turns from figure to plain statement, a sword upon thee, man and beast cut off. The recognition formula lands here, they shall know that I am the Lord. Judgment answers a claim to self-made sovereignty with a plain demonstration of who actually made the river.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Therefore thus saith the Lord God,....
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֗ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| כֹּ֤ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַר֙ | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| הִנְנִ֛י | hini | here I | H2005 → | 316 times |
| מֵבִ֥יא | mevi' | [am] about to bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עָלַ֖יִךְ | ʾalayikh | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| חָ֑רֶב | charev | a sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י | vehikhrati | and I will cut off | H3772 → | 288 times |
| מִמֵּ֖ךְ | mimekh | from you | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| אָדָ֥ם | ʾadam | humankind | H120 → | 551 times |
| וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ | uvehemah | and animal[s] | H929 → | 190 times |
לָכֵ֗ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
כֹּ֤הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַר֙he says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
הִנְנִ֛יhere I
hiniH2005 →316 times
מֵבִ֥יא[am] about to bring
mevi'H935 →2568 times
עָלַ֖יִךְon you
ʾalayikhH5921 →5755 times
חָ֑רֶבa sword
charevH2719 →413 times
וְהִכְרַתִּ֥יand I will cut off
vehikhratiH3772 →288 times
מִמֵּ֖ךְfrom you
mimekhH4480 →1188 times
אָדָ֥םhumankind
ʾadamH120 →551 times
וּבְהֵמָֽה׃and animal[s]
uvehemahH929 →190 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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 30:4A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 29:19
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 29:19
Through
Jeremiah 7:20Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 42:18
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out…
- Jeremiah 17:27
But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an…
- Lamentations 2:3–5
In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything…
- Jeremiah 42:18
Through
Ezekiel 14:17Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:25
And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into…
- Ezekiel 21:3–4
and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
- Zephaniah 1:3
“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind…
- Ezekiel 5:12
A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every…
- Leviticus 26:25
Where this verse is studied
About Ezekiel

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
