Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus will I execute judgments on Egypt; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- BSB So I will execute judgment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD.”
- NKJV Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”
- NASB “So I will execute judgments on Egypt, And they will know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”
- NLT And so I will greatly punish Egypt, and they will know that I am the Lord.”
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Quick answer
By these judgments God will make Egypt know that he is the LORD. The purpose of judgment is recognition of God.
Overview
The oracle concludes with the familiar refrain that Egypt will know Yahweh through his executed judgments. This recurring purpose statement frames the entire series: God acts so that his lordship is acknowledged. Even the downfall of a great empire serves the revelation of the one true God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Rev 17:1And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
- Ezek 30:14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
- Num 33:4For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
- Rom 2:5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- Ezek 5:8Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
- Ezek 5:15So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
- Ezek 25:11And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ps 9:16The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
- Ps 149:7To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
- Ezek 39:21And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
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