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Ezekiel 30:16 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. "
Ezekiel 30:16
Verse in Context
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And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.
At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
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Ezekiel 30:1
"The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 30:2
"Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!"
Ezekiel 30:3
"For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen."
Ezekiel 30:4
"And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down."
Ezekiel 30:5
"Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword."
Ezekiel 30:6
"Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD."
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