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They shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.
Ezekiel 30:8 · World English Bible
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  • KJV And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
  • BSB Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.
  • NKJV Then they will know that I am the Lord, When I have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are destroyed.
  • NASB “And they will know that I am the Lord, When I set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken.
  • NLT And the people of Egypt will know that I am the Lord when I have set Egypt on fire and destroyed all their allies.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 20

  • Ezek 29:6All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
  • Amos 1:14But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a storm in the day of the whirlwind;
  • Ezek 22:31Therefore I have poured out my indignation on them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have brought their own way on their heads,” says the Lord Yahweh.
  • Ezek 30:14I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments on No.
  • Amos 1:7but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces.
  • Ezek 29:16It shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”’”
  • Ezek 30:16I 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.
  • Amos 1:12but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.”
  • Amos 1:10but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its palaces.”
  • Ezek 29:9The land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Yahweh. Because he has said, ‘The river is mine, and I have made it;’
  • Amos 1:4but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
  • Ps 58:11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
  • Amos 2:5But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”
  • Lam 4:11Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.
  • Nah 1:5–6The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.
  • Deut 32:22For a fire is kindled in my anger, that burns to the lowest Sheol, devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.
  • Amos 2:2but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;
  • Isa 42:25Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire all around, but he didn’t know; and it burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.”
  • Ezek 28:26They shall dwell securely therein; yes, they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed judgments on all those who do them despite all around them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh their God.
  • Ezek 28:24There shall be no more a pricking brier to the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are around them, that scorned them; and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

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