Discovery BoxEzekiel 30:6 
Context30:6 “‘This is what the Lord says:
Egypt’s supporters will fall;
her confident pride will crumble. 1
From Migdol to Syene 2 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; 3 for beware – it is coming!
Ezekiel 30:18
Context30:18 In Tahpanhes the day will be dark 4
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 33:13
Context33:13 Suppose I tell the righteous that he will certainly live, but he becomes confident in his righteousness and commits iniquity. None of his righteous deeds will be remembered; because of the iniquity he has committed he will die.
Ezekiel 33:28
Context33:28 I will turn the land into a desolate ruin; her confident pride will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate no one will pass through them.
Ezekiel 24:21
Context24:21 Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary – the source of your confident pride, 5 the object in which your eyes delight, 6 and your life’s passion. 7 Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die 8 by the sword.
1 tn Heb “come down.”
2 sn Syene is known as Aswan today.
3 tn Heb “in the day of Egypt.” The word “doom” has been added in the translation to clarify the nature of this day.
4 sn In Zeph 1:15 darkness is associated with the day of the
5 tn Heb “the pride of your strength” means “your strong pride.”
6 sn Heb “the delight of your eyes.” Just as Ezekiel was deprived of his beloved wife (v. 16, the “desire” of his “eyes”) so the Lord would be forced to remove the object of his devotion, the temple, which symbolized his close relationship to his covenant people.
7 tn Heb “the object of compassion of your soul.” The accentuation in the traditional Hebrew text indicates that the descriptive phrases (“the source of your confident pride, the object in which your eyes delight, and your life’s passion”) modify the preceding “my sanctuary.”
8 tn Heb “fall.”
