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Ezekiel 29:10

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.

KJV

Idcirco ecce ego ad te, et ad flumina tua : daboque terram Ægypti in solitudines, gladio dissipatam, a turre Syenes usque ad terminos Æthiopiæ.

Vulgate

διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς ποταμούς σου, καὶ δώσω γῆν Αἰγύπτου εἰς ἔρημον ῥομφαίαν καὶ ἀπωλίαν, ἀπὸ Μαγδώλου καὶ Συήνης καὶ ἕως ὁρίων Αἰθιόπων.

LXX

therefore, behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even unto the border of Ethiopia.

ASV

לָ/כֵ֛ן הִנְ/נִ֥י אֵלֶ֖י/ךָ וְ/אֶל יְאֹרֶ֑י/ךָ וְ/נָתַתִּ֞י אֶת אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֗יִם לְ/חָרְבוֹת֙ חֹ֣רֶב שְׁמָמָ֔ה מִ/מִּגְדֹּ֥ל סְוֵנֵ֖ה וְ/עַד גְּב֥וּל כּֽוּשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גְּב֣וּל
gbvl
noun · 239×
חָרְב֥וֹת
chrbvt
noun · 42×
חֹ֣רֶב
chrb
noun · 16×
יְאֹ֔ר
y'r
noun · 64×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כּ֥וּשׁ
kvsh
proper_noun · 30×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מִגְדּ֖וֹל
mgdvl
noun · 7×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
סְוֵנֵ֖ה
svnh
proper_noun · 2×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
שְׁמָמָ֔ה
shmmh
noun · 56×

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 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, The river is mine, and I have made it.
  • Ezek 30:6 — Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Ezek 30:12 — And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
  • Isa 11:15 — And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over drysho