Ezekiel 30:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And I will make the channels of the rivers dry, and will deliver the land into the hand of the wicked: and will lay waste the land and all that is therein by the hands of strangers, I the Lord have spoken it.
Douay-Rheims

וְנָתַתִּ֤י יְאֹרִים֙ חָֽרָבָ֔ה וּמָכַרְתִּ֥י אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ בְּיַד־רָעִ֑ים וַהֲשִׁמֹּתִ֞י אֶ֤רֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ֙ בְּיַד־זָרִ֔ים אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּֽרְתִּי׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

I will hand Egypt over to the most ruthless of nations, the Babylonians, ensuring that their entire territory is saturated with violence, and the rivers will become desolate following the devastation of its people. It is declared that I will place the land into the hands of the ungodly, rather than betray it. This aligns with what was stated previously, that I will deliver the Egyptians to Nebuchadnezzar as a reward for his efforts in the siege of Tyre. Subsequently, God prophesies that the detestable practices of Egypt, specifically their idols steeped in wickedness, shall be shattered by their foes.

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