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TWOT Reference: 1235
Egypt = "land of the Copts"
a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows
Egyptians = "double straits"
the inhabitants or natives of Egypt
Strong's Number H4714 matches the Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (miṣrayim),
which occurs 54 times in 48 verses in 'Eze'
in the WLC Hebrew.
‘The nations heard about him;
He was captured in their pit,
And they brought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt.
“Then I decided to pour out My wrath on them and finish My anger against them in the land of Egypt.
“Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
So that it became your distinguishing mark (insignia);
Your [ship’s] awning [which covered you] was blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [of Asia Minor].
“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
The great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers,
[Boastfully] declaring, ‘My Nile is my own, and I have made it for myself.’
“And all the inhabitants of Egypt will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD,
Because they have been [only] a staff made of [fragile] reeds to the house of Israel.
“Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine and I have made it,’
‘For thus says the Lord GOD, “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations among whom they were scattered.
“A sword will come upon Egypt,
And anguish and trembling will be in Ethiopia (Cush),
When the slain fall in Egypt
And they [of Babylon] carry away her great mass of people and her riches
And her foundations are torn down.
‘Thus says the LORD,
“Those who uphold and support Egypt will fall
And the pride of her power will come down;
From Migdol [in the north] to Syene [in the south]
They will fall within her by the sword,”
Says the Lord GOD.
“And they will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD,
When I have set a fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are shattered and destroyed.
“On that day [swift] messengers will go from Me in ships to frighten the careless and unsuspecting Ethiopians, and there will be anguish and trembling in them as in the day of [judgment for] Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”
‘Thus says the Lord GOD,
“I will also make the great people of Egypt cease
By the hand of [fn]Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
“He and his people with him,
The most violent and ruthless of the nations,
Will be brought in to destroy the land,
And they will draw their swords against Egypt
And fill the land with the slain.
‘Thus says the Lord GOD,
“I will also destroy the idols
And I will put an end to the images in Memphis;
There will no longer be a prince of the land of Egypt.
And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
“I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium,
The stronghold of Egypt,
And I will cut off (destroy) the population of Thebes.
“I will set fire to Egypt;
Pelusium will writhe in [great] anguish,
Thebes shall be torn open
And Memphis shall be in daily distress.
“In Tehaphnehes the day will be dark
When I break the yoke bars and dominion of Egypt there.
Then the pride of her power will come to an end;
A cloud [of disasters] will cover her,
And her daughters will go into captivity.
“In this way I will bring judgment and punishment on Egypt.
Then they shall know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD.”’”
‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
‘You have compared yourself to a young lion among the nations,
But you are like a monster in the seas;
You burst into your rivers
And disturbed and muddied the waters with your feet
And fouled their rivers [the source of their prosperity].’”
And they will devastate the pride and presumption of Egypt,
And all its hordes will be destroyed.
“When I make the land of Egypt desolate,
And the country is stripped and deprived of all that which filled it,
When I strike all those who live in it,
Then they will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD.
“This is the dirge (funeral poem to be sung) and they shall sing it [for her]. The daughters of the nations shall sing it; for Egypt and for all her hordes they shall sing it,” says the Lord GOD.
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