When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
Parallel translations
- WEB When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre.
- KJV As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
- NKJV When the report reaches Egypt, They also will be in agony at the report of Tyre.
- NASB When the report reaches Egypt, They will be in anguish over the report of Tyre.
- NLT When Egypt hears the news about Tyre, there will be great sorrow.
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Quick answer
News of Tyre's fall will bring anguish to Egypt. Nations bound to Tyre by trade tremble at her collapse.
Overview
Egypt, a major trading partner, will writhe in distress when Tyre falls, because their economies were intertwined. The verse shows judgment's ripple effect through the network of nations. It reminds readers that worldly alliances offer no security when God acts.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Josh 2:9–11and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.
- Exod 15:14–16The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
- Ezek 26:15–21This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?
- Ezek 27:29–36All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore.
- Rev 18:17–19For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance
- Ezek 28:19All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
- Isa 19:16In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.
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