Yehezkiel 29:10
Konteks29:10 I am against 1 you and your waterways. I will turn the land of Egypt into an utter desolate ruin from Migdol 2 to Syene, 3 as far as the border with Ethiopia.
Yehezkiel 30:12
Konteks30:12 I will dry up the waterways
and hand the land over to 4 evil men.
I will make the land and everything in it desolate by the hand of foreigners.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
[29:10] 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.
[29:10] 2 sn This may refer to a site in the Egyptian Delta which served as a refuge for Jews (Jer 44:1; 46:14).
[29:10] 3 sn Syene is known today as Aswan.
[30:12] 4 tn Heb “and I will sell the land into the hand of.”