Egypt Shall Fall to Babylon
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And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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"Son of man, I have w broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, x it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword.
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"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Surely I am y against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will z break his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall out of his hand.
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a 'I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries.
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'I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.
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'Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; b they shall know that I am the LORD, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
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c 'I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.' "
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Cross References
Jeremiah 48:25
The horn of Moab is cut off, And his arm is broken," says the LORD.
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Jeremiah 46:11
Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt; In vain you will use many medicines; You shall not be cured.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 46:25
The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says: "Behold, I will bring punishment on Amon of No, and Pharaoh and Egypt, with their gods and their kings - Pharaoh and those who trust in him.
Ezekiel 29:3
"Speak, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies in the midst of his rivers, Who has said, 'My River is my own; I have made it for myself.'
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Cross References
Psalms 37:17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But the LORD upholds the righteous.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 29:12
"I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and among the cities that are laid waste, her cities shall be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries."
Ezekiel 30:17
The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity.
Ezekiel 30:18
At Tehaphnehes the day shall also be darkened, When I break the yokes of Egypt there. And her arrogant strength shall cease in her; As for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her daughters shall go into captivity.
Ezekiel 30:26
'I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.'"
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Cross References
Psalms 9:16
The LORD is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah
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Cross References
Ezekiel 29:12
"I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and among the cities that are laid waste, her cities shall be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries."
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.