‘This is what the Lord God says: “I will also make the hordes of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
- KJV Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
- BSB This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
- NKJV ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
- NLT “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: By the power of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, I will destroy the hordes of Egypt.
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God will end Egypt's vast population by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. Babylon is named as the instrument of judgment.
Overview
The Lord identifies Nebuchadnezzar as the agent who will crush Egypt's multitude. By naming the historical conqueror, the prophecy ties God's purposes to concrete events. It reaffirms that even a pagan empire serves as a tool in God's sovereign hand to execute his judgments.
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Cross-references · 4
- Ezek 29:19Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude, and take her plunder, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
- Ezek 30:24–25I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groaning of a mortally wounded man.
- Ezek 32:11–16For thus says the Lord Yahweh: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come on you.
- Ezek 29:4–5I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the middle of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.
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