Ezekiel 30:16

16 And I will set fire in Egypt, certainly Sin will writhe, and No will be breached, and Memphis [will] face enemies {daily}.

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 And I will lay waste Pathros, and I will set fire in Zoan, and I will execute judgments in No.

15 I will pour out my rage over Sin, the stronghold of Egypt, and I will cut off the crowd of No.

16 And I will set fire in Egypt, certainly Sin will writhe, and No will be breached, and Memphis [will] face enemies {daily}.

17 The young men of On and Pi Beseth will fall by the sword, and they will go into captivity.

18 And at Tahpanhes the day will become dark when I break the yoke of Egypt, and in it the majesty of its strength will come to an end. A cloud will cover it, and its daughters will go into captivity.

Footnotes

• [a] That is, Thebes
• [b] Literally "of by day"