Discovery BoxEzekiel 20:6-7 
Context20:6 On that day I swore 1 to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land which I had picked out 2 for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, 3 the most beautiful of all lands. 20:7 I said to them, “Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, 4 and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.”
Ezekiel 20:9
Context20:9 I acted for the sake of my reputation, 5 so that I would not be profaned before the nations among whom they lived, 6 before whom I revealed myself by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. 7
Ezekiel 20:36
Context20:36 Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 27:7
Context27:7 Fine linen from Egypt, woven with patterns, was used for your sail
to serve as your banner;
blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah 8 was used for your deck’s awning.
Ezekiel 29:9-10
Context29:9 The land of Egypt will become a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
Because he said, “The Nile is mine and I made it,” 29:10 I am against 9 you and your waterways. I will turn the land of Egypt into an utter desolate ruin from Migdol 10 to Syene, 11 as far as the border with Ethiopia.
Ezekiel 29:14
Context29:14 I will restore the fortunes of Egypt, and will bring them back 12 to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin; there they will be an insignificant kingdom.
Ezekiel 29:16
Context29:16 It will never again be Israel’s source of confidence, but a reminder of how they sinned by turning to Egypt for help. 13 Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 30:6
Context30:6 “‘This is what the Lord says:
Egypt’s supporters will fall;
her confident pride will crumble. 14
From Migdol to Syene 15 they will die by the sword within her,
declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 30:9
Context30:9 On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten overly confident Ethiopia; panic will overtake them on the day of Egypt’s doom; 16 for beware – it is coming!
Ezekiel 30:11
Context30:11 He and his people with him,
the most terrifying of the nations, 17
will be brought there to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt,
and fill the land with corpses.
Ezekiel 30:18
Context30:18 In Tahpanhes the day will be dark 18
when I break the yoke of Egypt there.
Her confident pride will cease within her;
a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
Ezekiel 30:21-22
Context30:21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm 19 of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 20 Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword. 30:22 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, 21 I am against 22 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong arm and the broken one, and I will make the sword drop from his hand.
Ezekiel 32:12
Context32:12 By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall –
all of them are the most terrifying among the nations.
They will devastate the pride of Egypt,
and all its hordes will be destroyed.
Ezekiel 32:15-16
Context32:15 When I turn the land of Egypt into desolation
and the land is destitute of everything that fills it,
when I strike all those who live in it,
then they will know that I am the Lord.’
32:16 This is a lament; they will chant it.
The daughters of the nations will chant it.
They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes,
declares the sovereign Lord.”
Ezekiel 32:18
Context32:18 “Son of man, wail 23 over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; 24 bring 25 her 26 and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the pit.
Ezekiel 48:28
Context48:28 Next to the border of Gad, at the south side, the border will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the Stream of Egypt 27 and on to the Great Sea.
1 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand to them.”
2 tn Or “searched out.” The Hebrew word is used to describe the activity of the spies in “spying out” the land of Canaan (Num 13-14); cf. KJV “I had espied for them.”
3 sn The phrase “a land flowing with milk and honey,” a figure of speech describing the land’s abundant fertility, occurs in v. 15 as well as Exod 3:8, 17; 13:5; 33:3; Lev 20:24; Num 13:27; Deut 6:3; 11:9; 26:9; 27:3; Josh 5:6; Jer 11:5; 32:23 (see also Deut 1:25; 8:7-9).
4 tn Heb “each one, the detestable things of his eyes, throw away.” The Pentateuch does not refer to the Israelites worshiping idols in Egypt, but Josh 24:14 appears to suggest that they did so.
5 tn Heb “for the sake of my name.”
6 tn Heb “before the eyes of the nations in whose midst they were.”
7 tn Heb “to whom I made myself known before their eyes to bring them out from the land of Egypt.” The translation understands the infinitive construct (“to bring them out”) as indicating manner. God’s deliverance of his people from Egypt was an act of self-revelation in that it displayed his power and his commitment to his promises.
8 sn This is probably a reference to Cyprus.
9 tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.
10 sn This may refer to a site in the Egyptian Delta which served as a refuge for Jews (Jer 44:1; 46:14).
11 sn Syene is known today as Aswan.
12 tc Thus the Masoretic Text. The LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate translate as though the Hebrew read “cause to inhabit.”
13 tn Heb “reminding of iniquity when they turned after them.”
14 tn Heb “come down.”
15 sn Syene is known as Aswan today.
16 tn Heb “in the day of Egypt.” The word “doom” has been added in the translation to clarify the nature of this day.
17 tn The Babylonians were known for their cruelty (2 Kgs 25:7).
18 sn In Zeph 1:15 darkness is associated with the day of the
19 sn The expression “breaking the arm” indicates the removal of power (Ps 10:15; 37:17; Job 38:15; Jer 48:25).
20 sn This may refer to the event recorded in Jer 37:5.
21 tn The word h!nn@h indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
22 tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.
23 tn The Hebrew verb is used as a response to death (Jer 9:17-19; Amos 5:16).
24 sn Through this prophetic lament given by God himself, the prophet activates the judgment described therein. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:217, and L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:136-37.
25 tn Heb “Bring him down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the earth below.” The verb “bring down” appears in the Hebrew text only once. Because the verb takes several objects here, the repetition of the verb in the translation improves the English style.
26 tn This apparently refers to personified Egypt.
27 tn Traditionally “the Brook of Egypt,” although a number of recent translations have “the Wadi of Egypt” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV). The word “Egypt” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.
