“And they will know that I am the Lord, When I set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken.
Parallel translations
- WEB They shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.
- 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.
- 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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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.
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- 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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