Ezekiel 30:16

16 I will set fire to Egypt;^[a] Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached, and Memphis will face foes in broad daylight.^[b]

Ezekiel 30:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 30:16

And I will set fire in Egypt
Kindle a war there, which shall consume it; see ( Ezekiel 30:8 ) : Sin shall have great pain;
as a woman in travail, seeing its destruction is just at hand; the same with Pelusium, as before: and No shall be rent asunder,
the walls of it shall be broken down by the enemy, or a breach shall be made in it, like the breach of waters which were about it; see ( Nahum 3:8 ) : and Noph shall have distresses daily:
that is, Memphis, as before; enemies shall surround it daily, as the Targum; shall besiege and distress it, until it is taken: or, "in the daytime"; their enemies should not come as thieves in the night, openly in the day. Abendana interprets it of their unfortunate day, their star being unlucky.

Ezekiel 30:16 In-Context

14 I will make Pathros desolate, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgments on Thebes.

15 I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and will wipe out the crowds of Thebes.

16 I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached, and Memphis will face foes in broad daylight.

17 The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.

18 The day will be dark in Tehaphnehes, when I break the yoke of Egypt there and its proud strength comes to an end in the city. A cloud will cover Tehaphnehes, and its villages will go into captivity.

Footnotes

• [a] Jr 43:12-13
• [b] Or foes daily