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Ezekiel 29:9 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 29 · verse 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.Ezekiel 29:9 · King James Version
Ezekiel 29:9 in context
7When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
8Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
9And 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.
10Behold, 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.
11No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- desolateshᵉmâmâhdevastationH8077 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- wastechorbâhproperly, droughtH2723 →
- riveryᵉʼôra channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaftH2975 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- knowyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
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This explains the foregoing prediction, which was figurative, and looks something further. Here is a prophecy, I. Of the ruin of Egypt. The threatening of this is very full and particular; and the sin for which this ruin shall be brought upon them is their pride, Eze 29:9.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-16