Ezekiel 30:8 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 30:8

Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.

KJV

And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.

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Commentary

1 voice

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,

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְיָדְע֖וּ	ve.ya.de.'U	and they will know	H3045 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
אֲנִ֣י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	[am] Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּתִתִּי־	be.ti.ti-	when put I	H5414 →
אֵ֣שׁ	'esh	fire	H784 →
בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם	be.mitz.Ra.yim	in Egypt	H4714 →
וְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּ	ve.nish.be.Ru	and they will be broken	H7665 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
עֹזְרֶֽיהָ׃	'o.ze.Rei.ha	helpers its	H5826 →

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
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.
leads to
- 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…
- 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…
Through
Amos 1:14
So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.
leads to
- Jeremiah 49:2
  Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned.…
Through
Ezekiel 29:16
Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the…
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.
Through
Ezekiel 29:9
The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’
leads to
- Ezekiel 29:3
  Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says,…
Through
Ezekiel 22:31
So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”
leads to
- Ezekiel 16:43
  Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you…
- Ezekiel 7:8–9
  Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 9:10
  But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”