Ezekiel 29:9New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “The land of Egypt will become a desolation and waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I have made [it],’
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And 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].
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. Because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And 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].
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste: and they shall know that I [am] Jehovah, because he saith, The river is mine, and I made it.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And the land of Egypt shall become an astonishment and a desolation, So shall they know, that, I, am Yahweh,—Because he said—The river, is mine own, Since, I, myself, made it!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And the land of Egypt hath been for a desolation and a waste, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah. Because he said: The flood [is] mine, and I made [it].
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And the land of Egypt shall become a desert, and a wilderness: and they shall know that I am the Lord, because thou hast said: The river is mine, and I made it.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And the land of Egypt shalbe desolate, and waste, ? they shal know that I am ye Lord: because he hath said, The riuer is mine, ? I haue made it,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the land of Egypt shalbe desolate and waste, and they shall knowe that I [am] the LORD: because he hath saide, The riuer [is] mine, and I haue made [it].
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD, because you have said, The river is mine; I have made it.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— and the land of Mizraim{gr.Egypt} shall be ruined and desert; and they shall know that I am the Lord; because thou sayest, The rivers are mine, and I made them.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And the land of Mitzrayim shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I [am] Yahweh: because he hath said, The river [is] mine, and I have made [it]. |
And the land
776 {0776} Primeאֶרֶץ'erets{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
of
Mixrayim
מִצרַיִם
4714 {4714} PrimeמִצְרַיִםMitsrayim{mits-rah'-yim}
Dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, that is, Upper and Lower Egypt.
shall be
x1961 (1961) Complementהָיָהhayah{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
desolate
8077 {8077} Primeשְׁמָמָהsh@mamah{shem-aw-maw'}
Feminine of H8076; devastation; figuratively astonishment.
and waste;
2723 {2723} Primeחָרְבָּהchorbah{khor-baw'}
Feminine of H2721; properly drought, that is, (by implication) a desolation.
and they shall know
3045 {3045} Primeידעyada`{yaw-dah'}
A primitive root; to know (properly to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively instruction, designation, punishment, etc.).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
that
x3588 (3588) Complementכִּיkiy{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
I
x589 (0589) Complementאֲנִי'aniy{an-ee'}
Contracted from H0595; I.
[ am]
Yähwè
יָהוֶה:
3068 {3068} PrimeיְהֹוָהY@hovah{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
because
x3282 (3282) Complementיַעַןya`an{yah'-an}
From an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly heed; by implication purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause.
he hath said,
559 {0559} Primeאָמַר'amar{aw-mar'}
A primitive root; to say (used with great latitude).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
The river
2975 {2975} Primeיְאוֹרy@`or{yeh-ore'}
Of Egyptian origin; a channel, for example a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria.
[ is] mine, and I
x589 (0589) Complementאֲנִי'aniy{an-ee'}
Contracted from H0595; I.
have made
6213 {6213} Primeעָשָׂה`asah{aw-saw'}
A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
[ it]. |
Ezekiel 29:9
_ _ I am the Lord — in antithesis to the blasphemous boast repeated here from Ezekiel 29:3, “The river is mine, and I have made it.” |
Ezekiel 29:9
And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD: because he hath said, (f) The river [is] mine, and I have made [it].
(f) Thus God cannot permit man to attribute anything to himself or put his trust in anything save in him alone. |
- the land:
Ezekiel 29:10-12 Behold, therefore I [am] against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste [and] desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. ... And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries [that are] desolate, and her cities among the cities [that are] laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Ezekiel 30:7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries [that are] desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities [that are] wasted.
Ezekiel 30:13-17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause [their] images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. ... The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these [cities] shall go into captivity.
Jeremiah 43:10-13 And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. ... He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that [is] in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
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- because:
Ezekiel 29:3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river [is] mine own, and I have made [it] for myself.
Proverbs 16:18 Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility.
Proverbs 29:23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
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