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Ezekiel 32:14 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Then I will make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil,” says the Lord GOD. "
Ezekiel 32:14
Verse in Context
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12 I will cause your multitude to fall by the swords of the mighty. They are all the ruthless of the nations. They will bring the pride of Egypt to nothing, and all its multitude will be destroyed.
13 I will destroy also all its animals from beside many waters. The foot of man won’t trouble them any more, nor will the hoofs of animals trouble them.
14 Then I will make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil,” says the Lord GOD.
15 “When I make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that of which it was full, when I strike all those who dwell therein, then they will know that I am the LORD.
16 “‘“This is the lamentation with which they will lament. The daughters of the nations will lament with this. They will lament with it over Egypt, and over all her multitude,” says the Lord GOD.’”
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Ezekiel 32:1
"In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,"
Ezekiel 32:2
"“Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and tell him, ‘You were likened to a young lion of the nations; yet you are as a monster in the seas. You broke out with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.’”"
Ezekiel 32:3
"The Lord GOD says: “I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples. They will bring you up in my net."
Ezekiel 32:4
"I will leave you on the land. I will cast you out on the open field, and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you. I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth with you."
Ezekiel 32:5
"I will lay your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your height."
Ezekiel 32:6
"I will also water the land in which you swim with your blood, even to the mountains. The watercourses will be full of you."
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