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Ezekiel 30:10

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This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

KJV

Thus saith the Lord God; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

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This verse in Ezekiel 30

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Thus saith the Lord God, I will make the multitude of Egypt to cease,.... The vast numbers of people that inhabited Egypt; some of its cities were very populous, especially the city No, after mentioned; but now the numbers should be greatly lessened, and the whole land sadly depopulated: or the "noise" (r), "tumult", and hurry of it; which is very great where there are large numbers of people, and which ceases when they are cut off. The Syriac version renders it, the riches of Egypt.

This site's exposition

put an end to the hordes of Egypt

on Ezekiel 30:10-12

Nebuchadnezzar is named outright as the Lord's chosen instrument, brought to destroy the land. The rivers dried reverse Pharaoh's own boast from chapter 29, my river is mine own. I the Lord have spoken it closes the unit with the formula the book uses to mark a sentence as settled.

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 Awakening2 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,

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Those that undertook to protect Israel from the king of Babylon shall not be able to protect themselves. It is said of the Chaldeans, who should destroy Egypt, 1. That they are strangers (

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How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

Thus said Hashem Elokim: I will cause the crowd of Mitzrayim to cease by the hand of Nevuchadretzar king of Bavel.
Targum · Targum Jonathan on Ezekiel 30:10, via Sefaria, Sefaria Community Translation

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

12 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.

  • כֹּ֥הthus

    kohH3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֖רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord

    ʾadonaiH136 →440 times

  • יְהוִ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3069 →306 times

  • וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙and I will put an end to

    vehishbatiH7673 →71 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הֲמ֣וֹן[the] multitude of

    hamonH1995 →83 times

  • מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • בְּיַ֖דby [the] hand of

    beyadH3027 →1618 times

  • נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥רNebuchadnezzar

    nevukhadretzarH5019 →60 times

  • מֶלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • בָּבֶֽל׃Babylon

    bavelH894 →262 times

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

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 29:19Therefore 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 will be the wages for his army.5 worksEzekiel 31:2“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?3 worksEzekiel 30:24–25I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.2 worksEzekiel 29:4–5But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.2 worksEzekiel 32:11–16For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!2 worksEzekiel 29:8Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.2 works

The walk

5 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

    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…

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 30:24–25

      I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.

    • Jeremiah 43:10–13

      Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these…

    • Ezekiel 30:10–12

      This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

    • Ezekiel 32:11

      For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!

    • Ezekiel 30:4

      A 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.

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.
Ezekiel: the study guide →Read Ezekiel 30 →

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); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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