Yehezkiel 12:25
Konteks12:25 For I, the Lord, will speak. Whatever word I speak will be accomplished. It will not be delayed any longer. Indeed in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and accomplish it, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Yehezkiel 29:3
Konteks29:3 Tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘Look, I am against 1 you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
the great monster 2 lying in the midst of its waterways,
who has said, “My Nile is my own, I made it for myself.” 3
Yehezkiel 30:25
Konteks30:25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt.
[29:3] 1 tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.
[29:3] 2 tn Heb “jackals,” but many medieval Hebrew
[29:3] 3 sn In Egyptian theology Pharaoh owned and controlled the Nile. See J. D. Currid, Ancient Egypt and the Old Testament, 240-44.