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Ezekiel 29:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders. When they leaned on you, you broke and paralyzed all of their thighs.” "

Ezekiel 29:7

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5 I’ll cast you out into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You’ll fall on the open field. You won’t be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

6 “‘“All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

7 When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders. When they leaned on you, you broke and paralyzed all of their thighs.”

8 “‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.

9 The land of Egypt will be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. “‘“Because he has said, ‘The river is mine, and I have made it,’

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From This Chapter

Ezekiel 29:1

"In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,"

Ezekiel 29:2

"“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt."

Ezekiel 29:3

"Speak and say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the middle of his rivers, that has said, ‘My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.’"

Ezekiel 29:4

"I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales. I will bring you up out of the middle of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales."

Ezekiel 29:5

"I’ll cast you out into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You’ll fall on the open field. You won’t be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky."

Ezekiel 29:6

"“‘“All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel."

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