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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.
Ezekiel 30:8 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB They shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are 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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Quick answer

When God sets Egypt ablaze and destroys her helpers, they will know he is the LORD. Judgment reveals God's sovereign identity.

Overview

The Lord's fire against Egypt and the destruction of her allies serve the recurring purpose of making him known. The refrain "they shall know that I am Yahweh" frames judgment as revelation. God acts so that even pagan nations recognize his unrivaled lordship over history.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 20

  • Ezek 29:6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, 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 shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
  • Ezek 22:31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Ezek 30:14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
  • Amos 1:7But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
  • Ezek 29:16And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
  • Ezek 30:16And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
  • Amos 1:12But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
  • Amos 1:10But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
  • Ezek 29:9And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.
  • Amos 1:4But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
  • Ps 58:11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
  • Amos 2:5But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
  • Lam 4:11The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
  • Nah 1:5–6The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
  • Deut 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
  • Amos 2:2But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
  • Isa 42:25Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
  • Ezek 28:26And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
  • Ezek 28:24And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

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Christ at the center

The promise of one Shepherd-King David, a new heart and new Spirit, and the river of life flowing from the temple all stream toward Christ, the good Shepherd who gives the Spirit.

How Ezekiel 30:8 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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