Ezekiel 32:15

15 "Then I make the land of Egypt [a] desolation, so that the land will be stripped from its fullness when I strike all of [those] dwelling in it, and they will know that I [am] Yahweh.

Ezekiel 32:15 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 32:15

When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate
The cities being demolished, the inhabitants destroyed with the sword, or carried captive: and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full;
men and cattle, corn and other fruits of the earth, wealth and riches, pomp and grandeur: when I shall smite all them that dwell therein;
with the sword of the Chaldeans: then shall they know that I am the Lord
for God is known in the perfections of his nature, omnipotence, omniscience, holiness, justice, &c. by the judgments he executes; for this is not to be understood of a spiritual knowledge of him, but of a terrible conviction of the truth of his being and attributes, by the awful dispensations of his providence.

Ezekiel 32:15 In-Context

13 And I will destroy all her domestic livestock {beside} many waters. [The] feet of humans will not make them turbid again, and [the] hooves of domestic livestock will not make them turbid.

14 Then I will make their waters settle, and their rivers as the olive oil I will let flow," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

15 "Then I make the land of Egypt [a] desolation, so that the land will be stripped from its fullness when I strike all of [those] dwelling in it, and they will know that I [am] Yahweh.

16 {This is} a lament, and they will chant it as a lament; the daughters [of] the nations will chant it as a lament over Egypt, and over all of its hordes they will chant it as a lament," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

17 {And then} in the {twelfth} year, {on the fifteenth} [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},