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Ezekiel 30:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" At Tehaphnehes also the day will withdraw itself, when I break the yokes of Egypt there. The pride of her power will cease in her. As for her, a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity. "
Ezekiel 30:18
Verse in Context
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16 I will set a fire in Egypt Sin will be in great anguish. No will be broken up. Memphis will have adversaries in the daytime.
17 The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth will fall by the sword. They will go into captivity.
18 At Tehaphnehes also the day will withdraw itself, when I break the yokes of Egypt there. The pride of her power will cease in her. As for her, a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
19 Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”’”
20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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Ezekiel 30:1
"The LORD’s word came again to me, saying,"
Ezekiel 30:2
"“Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’"
Ezekiel 30:3
"For the day is near, even the LORD’s day is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of the nations."
Ezekiel 30:4
"A sword will come on Egypt, and anguish will be in Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt. They take away her multitude, and her foundations are broken down."
Ezekiel 30:5
"“‘“Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the mixed people, Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, will fall with them by the sword.”"
Ezekiel 30:6
"“‘The LORD says: “They also who uphold Egypt will fall. The pride of her power will come down. They will fall by the sword in it from the tower of Seveneh,” says the Lord GOD."
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