Ezekiel 30:11
New International Version
He and his army—the most ruthless of nations— will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.

New Living Translation
He and his armies—the most ruthless of all— will be sent to demolish the land. They will make war against Egypt until slaughtered Egyptians cover the ground.

English Standard Version
He and his people with him, the most ruthless of nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land, and they shall draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.

Berean Standard Bible
He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.

King James Bible
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

New King James Version
He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations, Shall be brought to destroy the land; They shall draw their swords against Egypt, And fill the land with the slain.

New American Standard Bible
“He and his people with him, The most ruthless of the nations, Will be brought in to destroy the land; And they will draw their swords against Egypt And fill the land with the slain.

NASB 1995
“He and his people with him, The most ruthless of the nations, Will be brought in to destroy the land; And they will draw their swords against Egypt And fill the land with the slain.

NASB 1977
“He and his people with him, The most ruthless of the nations, Will be brought in to destroy the land; And they will draw their swords against Egypt And fill the land with the slain.

Legacy Standard Bible
He and his people with him, The most ruthless of the nations, Will be brought in to make the land a ruin; And they will draw their swords against Egypt And fill the land with the slain.

Amplified Bible
“He and his people with him, The most violent and ruthless of the nations, Will be brought in to destroy the land, And they will draw their swords against Egypt And fill the land with the slain.

Christian Standard Bible
He along with his people, ruthless men from the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He along with his people, ruthless men from the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.

American Standard Version
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

Contemporary English Version
He and his cruel troops will invade and destroy your land and leave your dead bodies piled everywhere.

English Revised Version
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He and his troops, the most ruthless troops among the nations, will be brought to destroy the land. They will draw their swords to attack Egypt and fill the land with dead bodies.

Good News Translation
He and his ruthless army will come to devastate the land. They will attack Egypt with swords, and the land will be full of corpses.

International Standard Version
He and his ruthless army with him will be brought to destroy the land. They'll draw their swords and attack Egypt, filling the land with the dead!

Majority Standard Bible
He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.

NET Bible
He and his people with him, the most terrifying of the nations, will be brought there to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with corpses.

New Heart English Bible
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

Webster's Bible Translation
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

World English Bible
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
He and his people with him—the terrible of nations, "" Are brought in to destroy the land, "" And they have drawn their swords against Egypt, "" And have filled the land [with] the wounded.

Young's Literal Translation
He and his people with him -- the terrible of nations, Are brought in to destroy the land, And they have drawn their swords against Egypt, And have filled the land with the wounded.

Smith's Literal Translation
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, being brought to destroy the land: and they emptied their swords upon Egypt, and they filled the land with the wounded.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He and his people with him, the strongest of nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords upon Egypt: and shall fill the land with the slain.

Catholic Public Domain Version
He, and his people with him, the strongest of the Gentiles, will be brought forth in order to destroy the land. And they will draw their swords over Egypt. And they will fill the land with the slain.

New American Bible
He and his army with him, the most ruthless of nations, will be brought in to devastate the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.

New Revised Standard Version
He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Even to him and to the mighty men that are with him, who are coming to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
To him and to the warriors of the Gentiles who are with him, who come to destroy the land; and they shall take out their swords against Egypt and the slain shall fill the land
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, Shall be brought in to destroy the land; And they shall draw their swords against Egypt, And fill the land with the slain.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
his hand and his people's; they are plagues sent forth from the nations to destroy the land: and they all shall unsheath their swords against Egypt, and the land shall be filled with slain.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Lament for Egypt
10This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 11He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain. 12I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 46:22-24
Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees. / They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted. / The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”

Isaiah 10:5-7
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets. / But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.

Nahum 3:1-3
Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey. / The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot! / Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead—

Jeremiah 50:23-25
How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations! / I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD. / The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

Isaiah 13:17-18
Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. / Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.

Habakkuk 1:6-10
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own. / They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty. / Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour. ...

Jeremiah 51:20-23
“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. / With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver. / With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden. ...

Isaiah 14:5-6
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers. / It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.

Daniel 5:30-31
That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain, / and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

Isaiah 19:4
I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of a harsh master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Revelation 17:12-14
The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings along with the beast. / These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the beast. / They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”

Revelation 19:11-16
Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war. / He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows. / He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God. ...

Matthew 24:6-7
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come. / Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

Revelation 6:4
Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.

2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.


Treasury of Scripture

He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

the terrible

Ezekiel 28:7
Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

Ezekiel 31:12
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

Ezekiel 32:12
By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.

and fill

Ezekiel 35:8
And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

Ezekiel 39:4,11-20
Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured…

Isaiah 34:3-7
Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood…

Revelation 14:20
And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Revelation 19:18
That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

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Ezekiel 30
1. The desolation of Egypt and her helpers
20. The arm of Babylon shall be strengthened to break the arm of Egypt.














He and his army
This phrase refers to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and his formidable military forces. Historically, Babylon was known for its powerful and disciplined army, which was instrumental in the expansion of the Babylonian Empire. The Hebrew word for "army" here is "חַיִל" (chayil), which can also mean strength or valor, emphasizing the might and capability of this force. In a spiritual sense, this can be seen as a representation of God's sovereignty, using even pagan nations to fulfill His divine purposes.

the most ruthless of nations
The Babylonians are described as "the most ruthless," highlighting their reputation for brutality and mercilessness in warfare. The Hebrew word "עַז" (az) conveys a sense of fierceness and strength. This description serves as a warning of the severity of God's judgment upon Egypt, illustrating that God can use even the harshest of instruments to execute His will. It reminds believers of the seriousness of sin and the inevitable justice of God.

will be brought in
This phrase indicates divine orchestration. The passive construction suggests that it is God who is orchestrating these events, bringing the Babylonians into Egypt as an instrument of His judgment. The Hebrew verb "בּוֹא" (bo) means to come or to bring, emphasizing that this is not merely a political maneuver but a divinely ordained action. It reassures believers that God is in control of history and that His plans are ultimately for the fulfillment of His purposes.

to destroy the land
The purpose of the Babylonian invasion is clearly stated: to destroy. The Hebrew word "שָׁחַת" (shachat) means to ruin or corrupt, indicating total devastation. This serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of turning away from God. In a broader theological context, it underscores the theme of divine retribution and the importance of remaining faithful to God's covenant.

They will draw their swords against Egypt
The imagery of drawing swords signifies preparation for battle and impending violence. The sword is often a symbol of judgment in the Bible. The Hebrew word "חֶרֶב" (cherev) is used here, which can also denote a tool of divine justice. This phrase highlights the certainty and imminence of the judgment against Egypt, serving as a warning to all nations of the consequences of pride and idolatry.

and fill the land with the slain
This phrase paints a vivid picture of the aftermath of Babylon's invasion. The Hebrew word "חָלָל" (chalal) refers to the slain or wounded, emphasizing the extent of the destruction. It serves as a stark reminder of the cost of rebellion against God. For believers, it is a call to repentance and a reminder of the hope found in God's mercy and redemption through Christ, who offers life in place of death.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He
ה֠וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

and his people
וְעַמּ֤וֹ (wə·‘am·mōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

with him,
אִתּוֹ֙ (’it·tōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

the most ruthless
עָרִיצֵ֣י (‘ā·rî·ṣê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6184: Awe-inspiring, terror-striking

of the nations,
גוֹיִ֔ם (ḡō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

will be brought in
מֽוּבָאִ֖ים (mū·ḇā·’îm)
Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to destroy
לְשַׁחֵ֣ת (lə·ša·ḥêṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin

the land.
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

They will draw
וְהֵרִ֤יקוּ (wə·hê·rî·qū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7324: Arm, cast out, draw out, make empty, pour forth out

their swords
חַרְבוֹתָם֙ (ḥar·ḇō·w·ṯām)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

against
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Egypt
מִצְרַ֔יִם (miṣ·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

and fill
וּמָלְא֥וּ (ū·mā·lə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

the land
הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

with the slain.
חָלָֽל׃ (ḥā·lāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted


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