6 Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord. " 'You have been a staff of reed for the people of Israel.

Other Translations of Ezekiel 29:6

King James Version

6 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.

English Standard Version

6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord. "Because youHebrew they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel,

The Message

6 Everybody living in Egypt will realize that I am God.

New King James Version

6 "Then 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.

New Living Translation

6 All the people of Egypt will know that I am the Lord, for to Israel you were just a staff made of reeds.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 29:6

Commentary on Ezekiel 29:1-16

(Read Ezekiel 29:1-16)

Worldly, carnal minds pride themselves in their property, forgetting that whatever we have, we received it from God, and should use it for God. Why, then, do we boast? Self is the great idol which all the world worships, in contempt of God and his sovereignty. God can force men out of that in which they are most secure and easy. Such a one, and all that cleave to him, shall perish together. Thus end men's pride, presumption, and carnal security. The Lord is against those who do harm to his people, and still more against those who lead them into sin. Egypt shall be a kingdom again, but it shall be the basest of the kingdoms; it shall have little wealth and power. History shows the complete fulfilment of this prophecy. God, not only in justice, but in wisdom and goodness to us, breaks the creature-stays on which we lean, that they may be no more our confidence.