Ezekiel 29:9 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I {am} the LORD: because he hath said, The river {is} mine, and I have made {it}.”

Ezekiel 29:9

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When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I {am} the LORD: because he hath said, The river {is} mine, and I have made {it}.

Behold, therefore I {am} against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste {and} desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. {utterly...: Heb. wastes of waste} {from...: or, from Migdol to Syene} {Syene: Heb. Seveneh}

No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

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Ezekiel 29:1

"In the tenth year, in the tenth {month}, in the twelfth {day} of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"

Ezekiel 29:2

"Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:"

Ezekiel 29:3

"Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I {am} against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river {is} mine own, and I have made {it} for myself."

Ezekiel 29:4

"But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales."

Ezekiel 29:5

"And I will leave thee {thrown} into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. {open...: Heb. face of the field}"

Ezekiel 29:6

"And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I {am} the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel."

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