8And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
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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.
Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-19)The prophecy of the destruction of Egypt is here very full and particular, as well as, in the general, very frightful. What can protect a provoking people when the righteous God comes forth to contend with them? I. It shall be a very lamentable destruction, and such as shall occasion great sorrow ( Ezek. 30:2 , 3 ): “ Howl you ; you may justly shriek now that it is coming, for you will be made to…
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