And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments on No.
- BSB I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.
- 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.
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- Jer 46:25The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
- Ezek 29:14And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
- Ps 78:43How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
- Ps 78:12Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
- Nah 3:8Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
- Isa 19:11Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
- Num 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Isa 30:4For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
- Isa 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
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