9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the Lord: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.
9 Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the Lord. " 'Because you said, "The Nile is mine; I made it,"
9 and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the Lord. "Because you
9 and turn the country into an empty desert so they'll realize that I am God.
9 And the land of Egypt shall become desolate and waste; then they will know that I am the Lord, because he said, 'The River is mine, and I have made it.'
9 The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord . "Because you said, 'The Nile River is mine; I made it,'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 29:9
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.