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A Lament for Egypt

Ezekiel 30:8

In 11 translations

BSB
Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.
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.destroyed: Heb. broken
WEB
They will know that I am Yahweh when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.
ASV
And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.
LSV
And they have known that I [am] YHWH, || In My giving fire against Egypt, || And all her helpers have been broken.
YLT
And they have known that I [am] Jehovah, In My giving fire against Egypt, And broken have been all her helpers.
DBY
And they shall know that I [am] Jehovah, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers shall be broken.
DRC
And they shall know that I am the Lord: when I shall have set a fire in Egypt, and all the helpers thereof shall be destroyed.
GNV
And they shall knowe that I am the Lord, when I haue set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
JPS
And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.
LXXE
and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall send fire upon Egypt, and when all that help her shall be broken.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה בְּתִתִּי־אֵ֣שׁ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם וְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּ כָּל־עֹזְרֶֽיהָ׃
LXX-Br
καὶ γνώσονται ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος, ὅταν δῶ πῦρ ἐπʼ Αἴγυπτον, καὶ συντριβῶσι πάντες οἱ βοηθοῦντες αὐτῇ.

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👤 God📍 Egypt◆ Prophecies of Ezekiel

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 29:6Then 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.
  • Ezekiel 30:16I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.
  • Amos 1:14So 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.
  • Ezekiel 22:31So 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.”
  • Amos 1:10So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”
  • Ezekiel 30:14I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.
  • Amos 1:4So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.
  • Amos 1:12So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”
  • Psalms 58:11Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
  • Ezekiel 29:9The 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,’
  • Amos 1:7So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.
  • Ezekiel 29:16Egypt 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 Lord GOD.”
  • Isaiah 42:25So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
  • Ezekiel 28:24For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
  • Amos 2:2So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.
  • Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

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