They will know that I am the LORD
when I have set a fire in Egypt,
and all her helpers are destroyed.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ezekiel 30:8 in context
Ezekiel 30:5–11
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“‘“Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the mixed people, Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, will fall with them by the sword.”
6
“‘The LORD says:
“They also who uphold Egypt will fall.
The pride of her power will come down.
They will fall by the sword in it from the tower of Seveneh,”
says the Lord GOD.
7
“They will be desolate in the middle of the countries that are desolate.
Her cities will be among the cities that are wasted.
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They will know that I am the LORD
when I have set a fire in Egypt,
and all her helpers are destroyed.
9
“‘“In that day messengers will go out from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid. There will be anguish on them, as in the day of Egypt; for, behold, it comes.”
10
“‘The Lord GOD says:
“I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease,
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11
He and his people with him,
the terrible of the nations,
will be brought in to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt,
and fill the land with the slain.
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