Ezekiel 29:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

Know

Ezekiel 28:22

Exodus 9:14

Exodus 14:18

A staff

Lamentations 4:17

General references

Proverbs 25:19

Isaiah 36:6

Jeremiah 30:16

Bible References

Know

and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,
And I will be glorified in your midst.
Then they will know that I am the Lord when I execute judgments in her,
And I will manifest My holiness in her.

For this time I will send all My plagues on you and your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots and his horsemen.”

A staff

Now behold, you

rely on the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt; on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.

Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.

Who proceed down to Egypt
Without consulting Me,

To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh

And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
And rely on horses,
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!

Behold, you rely on the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.

“Why do you go around so much
Changing your way?
Also, you will be put to shame by Egypt
As you were put to shame by Assyria.

Yet our eyes failed,
Looking for help was useless;
In our watching we have watched
For a nation that could not save.

General references

Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot
Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

Behold, you rely on the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.

‘Therefore all who devour you will be devoured;
And all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity;
And those who plunder you will be for plunder,
And all who prey upon you I will give for prey.