I will scatter the Egyptians to many lands throughout the world.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
- KJV And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
- BSB I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
- NKJV I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries.
- NASB And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.
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Quick answer
God will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the lands. The defeated people are exiled like others under judgment.
Overview
With Egypt's power broken, its people are scattered abroad, sharing the fate of exiled nations. The dispersion completes the picture of a humbled empire. This repeated motif shows God dealing justly with all peoples, scattering the proud as he had scattered his own disobedient people.
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Cross-references · 3
- Ezek 30:26I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezek 30:17–18The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and they shall go into captivity.
- Ezek 29:12–13I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the middle of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.”
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