Ezekiel 30 · Verse 26

Ezekiel 30:26

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 30:26, King James Version

Ezekiel 30:26 in other translations

BSBI will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
WEBI will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
ASVAnd I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
YLTAnd I have scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have spread them through lands, And they have known that I am Jehovah!'
DARBYAnd I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries: and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
BBEAnd I will send the Egyptians in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.
WebsterAnd I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

What does Ezekiel 30:26 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 I will scatter the Egyptians - Several fled with Apries to Upper Egypt; and when Nebuchadnezzar wasted the country, he carried many of them to Babylon. See on Eze 29:12 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 30:20-26

Egypt shall grow weaker and weaker. If lesser judgments do not prevail to humble and reform sinners, God will send greater. God justly breaks that power which is abused, either to put wrongs upon people, or to put cheats upon them. Babylon shall grow stronger. In vain do men endeavour to bind up the arm the Lord is pleased to break, and to strengthen those whom he will bring down. Those who disregard the discoveries…

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Ezekiel 30:26 in the original Hebrew

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וַהֲפִצוֹתִ֤יva.ha.fi.tzo.Tiand I will scatterH6327
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
בַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.Yimamong the nationsH1471
וְזֵרִיתִ֥יve.ze.ri.Tiand I will disperseH2219
אוֹתָ֖ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
בָּאֲרָצ֑וֹתba.'a.ra.Tzotamong the landsH776
וְיָדְע֖וּve.ya.de.'Uand they will knowH3045
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \סYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 30:26

  • Daniel 11:42

    He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

  • Ezekiel 29:12

    And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

  • Ezekiel 6:13

    Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.

  • Ezekiel 30:17-18

    The young men of Aven and of Pi–beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. 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 30:23

    And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will.
17,18,23; 6:13; 29:12; Da 11:42
they shall.
8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 30:25

    But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

  • Ezekiel 30:26

    And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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Ezekiel 30:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y esparciré los Egipcios entre las gentes, y los aventaré por las tierras; y sabrán que yo soy Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et je disperserai les Égyptiens parmi les nations, et je les disséminerai dans les pays; et ils sauront que je suis l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich werde die Ägypter unter die Nationen versprengen und sie in die Länder zerstreuen; und sie werden wissen, daß ich Jehova bin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dispergam Ægyptum in nationes, et ventilabo eos in terras: et scient quia ego Dominus.