And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis shall have adversaries in the daytime.
- BSB I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.
- NKJV And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily.
- NASB “I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached And Memphis will have distresses daily.
- NLT Yes, I will set fire to all Egypt! Pelusium will be racked with pain; Thebes will be torn apart; Memphis will live in constant terror.
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Quick answer
Fire, anguish, and breaching will sweep through Egypt's cities. Distress falls on stronghold after stronghold.
Overview
The oracle piles up the suffering of Sin, No, and Memphis, picturing fire, anguish, and assault by day. The accumulation of judged cities conveys the scale and inescapability of the disaster. It reinforces that the whole land, from fortress to capital, lies under God's hand of judgment.
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Cross-references · 2
- Ezek 30:8–9And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
- Ezek 28:18Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
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