Ezekiel 29:9
And the land of Egypt shall become an astonishment and a desolation, So shall they know that, I, am Yahweh,—Because he said— The river is mine own, Since, I, myself made it!
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Proverbs 16:18Before grievous injury, pride! and, before a fall, haughtiness of spirit!
Proverbs 29:23The loftiness of a man, layeth him low,—but, one of a lowly spirit, shall attain unto honour.
Ezekiel 28:2Son of man Say to the Prince of Tyre. Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh— Because lofty, is thy heart and thou hast said A GOD, am I, In the seat of God, have I taken my seat In the heart of the seas; Whereas thou art a man, and not a GOD, But hast set thy heart as the heart of God:
Ezekiel 29:10Therefore, behold me! against thee and against thy rivers,- And I will make the land of Egypt to be most desolate an astounding desolation, from Migdol to Syene even up to the boundary of Ethiopia:
Ezekiel 30:13Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Therefore will I destroy the manufactured gods and Cause to cease the worthless goals, out of Noph, And prince out of the land of Egypt, shall none arise any more,- And I will cause fear in the land of Egypt.
Amos 6:13Who rejoice in a thing of nought,—who say, Have we not by our own strength, taken to ourselves horns?
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 29:9-17
Fall and Restoration of Egypt. ( b. c. 589.) 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. 9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the Lord : because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. 10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. 11 No foot of man… Read the whole commentary →