5 I will leave you in the wilderness,
You and all the fish of your rivers;
You shall fall on the1 open afield;
bYou shall not be picked up or1 gathered.
cI have given you as food
To the beasts of the field
And to the birds of the heavens.
You and all the fish of your rivers;
You shall fall on the1 open afield;
bYou shall not be picked up or1 gathered.
cI have given you as food
To the beasts of the field
And to the birds of the heavens.
6 “Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
Shall know that I am the Lord,
Because they have been a astaff of reed to the house of Israel.
Shall know that I am the Lord,
Because they have been a astaff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 aWhen they took hold of you with the hand,
You broke and tore all their1 shoulders;
When they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their backs quiver.”
You broke and tore all their1 shoulders;
When they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their backs quiver.”
8 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will bring aa sword upon you and cut off from you man and beast.
9 And the land of Egypt shall become adesolate and waste; then they will know that I am the Lord, because he said, ‘The River is mine, and I have made it.’
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Ezekiel 29:7.
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