Ezekiel 30 · Verse 18

Ezekiel 30:18

At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
Ezekiel 30:18, King James Version

Ezekiel 30:18 in other translations

BSBThe day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
WEBAt Tehaphnehes also the day will withdraw itself, when I break the yokes of Egypt there. The pride of her power will cease in her. As for her, a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
ASVAt Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
YLTAnd in Tehaphnehes hath the day been dark, In My breaking there the yokes of Egypt, And ceased in her hath the excellency of her strength, She--a cloud doth cover her, And her daughters into captivity do go.
DARBYAnd at Tehaphnehes the day shall be darkened, when I break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her strength shall cease in her; as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
BBEAnd at Tehaphnehes the day will become dark, when the yoke of Egypt is broken there, and the pride of her power comes to an end: as for her, she will be covered with a cloud, and her daughters will be taken away prisoners.
WebsterAt Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

What does Ezekiel 30:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. Tehaphnehes--called from the queen of Egypt mentioned in 1Ki 11:19. The same as Daphne, near Pelusium, a royal residence of the Pharaohs (Jr 43:7, 9). Called Hanes (Is 30:4). break ... the yokes of Egypt--that is, the tyrannical supremacy which she exercised over other nations. Compare "bands of their yoke" (Eze 34:7). a cloud--namely, of calamity.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Tehaphnehes - Called also Tahapanes, Jer 2:16. This is the Pelusian Daphne. Break there the yokes - The sceptres. Nebuchadnezzar broke the scepter of Egypt when he confirmed the kingdom to Amasis, who had rebelled against Apries.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 30:1-19

A prophecy against Egypt. (Ezek 30:1-19) Another. (Ezek 30:20-26) Verses 1-19 The prophecy of the destruction of Egypt is very full. Those who take their lot with God's enemies, shall be with them in punishment. The king of Babylon and his army shall be instruments of this destruction. God often makes one wicked man a scourge to another. No place in the land of Egypt shall escape the fury of the Chaldeans. The Lord…

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Ezekiel 30:18 in the original Hebrew

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וּבִֽתְחַפְנְחֵס֙u.vit.chaf.ne.Chesand in TahpanhesH8471
חָשַׂ֣ךְcha.Sakhit will withholdH2820
הַיּ֔וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
בְּשִׁבְרִי\־be.shiv.ri-when break IH7665
שָׁם֙shamthereH8033
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מֹט֣וֹתmo.Tot[the] yoke-bars ofH4133
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
וְנִשְׁבַּת\־ve.nish.bat-and it will ceaseH7673
בָּ֖הּbahin it
גְּא֣וֹןge.'on[the] pride ofH1347
עֻזָּ֑הּ'u.Zahstrength itsH5797
הִ֚יאhi'itH1931
עָנָ֣ן'a.Nana cloudH6051
יְכַסֶּ֔נָּהye.kha.Se.nahit will cover itH3680
וּבְנוֹתֶ֖יהָu.ve.no.Tei.haand daughters itsH1323
בַּשְּׁבִ֥יba.she.Viin <the> captivityH7628
תֵלַֽכְנָה\׃te.Lakh.nahthey will goH1980

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Cross references for Ezekiel 30:18

  • Ezekiel 30:3

    For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

  • Jeremiah 2:16

    Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

  • Ezekiel 29:15

    It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

  • Isaiah 10:27

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

  • Isaiah 5:30

    And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

  • Isaiah 9:4

    For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

  • Joel 3:15

    The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

  • Matthew 24:29

    Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

  • Ezekiel 32:18-32

    Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. …

  • Isaiah 19:1

    The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

  • Jeremiah 43:7-9

    So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;

  • Isaiah 14:11

    Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Tehaphnehes.
Jer 2:16
Tahapanes.
Jer 43:7-9; 46:14
Tahpanhes. the day.
Ex 10:15; Isa 5:30; 9:19; 13:10; Joe 3:15; Mt 24:29
darkened. or, restrained. I shall break.
29:15; Isa 9:4; 10:27; 14:25
the pomp.
31:18; 32:18-32; Isa 14:11; Jer 46:20-26
a cloud.
3; Isa 19:1

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Context

  • Ezekiel 30:17

    The young men of Aven and of Pi–beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.

  • Ezekiel 30:18

    At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

  • Ezekiel 30:19

    Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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Ezekiel 30:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y en Tehaphnes será cerrado el día, cuando quebrantaré yo allí las barras de Egipto, y cesará en ella la soberbia de su fortaleza: nublado la cubrirá, y los moradores de sus aldeas irán en cautiverio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et à Takhpanès le jour sera obscurci lorsque j’y romprai le joug de l’Égypte, et que l’orgueil de sa force y aura cessé; une nuée la couvrira elle-même, et ses filles iront en captivité.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und zu Tachpanches wird der Tag sich verfinstern, wenn ich daselbst die Joche Ägyptens zerbreche, und der Stolz seiner Kraft darin ein Ende nimmt; Gewölk wird es bedecken, und seine Tochterstädte werden in die Gefangenschaft ziehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et in Taphnis nigrescet dies, cum contrivero ibi sceptra Ægypti, et defecerit in ea superbia potentiæ ejus: ipsam nubes operiet, filiæ autem ejus in captivitatem ducentur.