Ezekiel 30:23

23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the lands.

Ezekiel 30:23 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 30:23

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations
Among the several provinces of Babylon, and other places, where the Chaldeans should carry or send them: and will disperse them through the countries:
the same thing repeated in different words for the confirmation of it.

Ezekiel 30:23 In-Context

21 "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and lo, it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.
22 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.
23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the lands.
24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand; but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him like a man mortally wounded.
25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall; and they shall know that I am the LORD. When I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, he shall stretch it out against the land of Egypt;
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