I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments on No.
- KJV And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
- NKJV I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.
- NASB “I will make Pathros desolate, Set a fire in Zoan And execute judgments on Thebes.
- NLT I will destroy southern Egypt, set fire to Zoan, and bring judgment against Thebes.
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Quick answer
God will lay waste key Egyptian centers, setting fire to Zoan and judging Thebes. Egypt's strongholds fall one by one.
Overview
The Lord names specific cities, Pathros, Zoan, and No (Thebes), as targets of his judgment. Listing real centers underscores that the prophecy concerns actual places and events. The systematic devastation of Egypt's cities displays the comprehensive reach of God's announced judgment.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Jer 46:25The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.
- Ezek 29:14I will restore Egypt from captivity and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.
- Ps 78:43when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
- Ps 78:12He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
- Nah 3:8Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
- Isa 19:11The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- Num 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
- Isa 30:4For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
- Isa 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
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