And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
The verse belongs to the prophecies against Egypt in Ezekiel 29-32, which are part of the prophecies concerning other nations in Ezekiel 25-31. In that wider vision Ammon, Moab, Tyre and Egypt pass under the prophet's eye. More narrowly it foretells the certain fate to come upon Pharaoh and his host.
It predicts that Pathros shall be made desolate and laid waste, that fire shall be set in Zoan, and that judgments shall be executed in No. No is Thebes, the ancient city, and the judgments fall upon it including its temples. This destruction of named places is part of Egypt's humbling and decline.
It declares God's judgment against Egypt and its idolatry. Egypt was a former oppressor of God's people and a symbol of black infidelity. Its punishments came by fire and sword, and its fall from glory and wealth to dishonor and poverty followed its devotion to idols.
The devastation would come through Nebuchadnezzar and foreign conquerors. Along with this are the drying up of Egypt's rivers and the abolishing of her idols. Egypt, at one time the greatest empire on earth and one of the greatest of kingdoms, would be judged and brought low and abased. From glory and wealth it would sink into humbling decline, dishonor and poverty, becoming the basest of the kingdoms, never to rise again among the nations.
What is foretold has been literally fulfilled, and its fulfilment is remarkable and evident today. It was fulfilled in Egypt's conquest and long history under successive foreign rulers. The mighty ruins of No testify to the fulfillment of the judgments upon it. Those who held it said its prophecy is fulfilled when England takes complete control of Egypt.
The verse belongs to the prophecies against Egypt in Ezekiel 29-32, which are part of the prophecies concerning other nations in Ezekiel 25-31. In that wider vision Ammon, Moab, Tyre and Egypt pass under the prophet's eye. More narrowly it foretells the certain fate to come upon Pharaoh and his host.
It predicts that Pathros shall be made desolate and laid waste, that fire shall be set in Zoan, and that judgments shall be executed in No. No is Thebes, the ancient city, and the judgments fall upon it including its temples. This destruction of named places is part of Egypt's humbling and decline.
It declares God's judgment against Egypt and its idolatry. Egypt was a former oppressor of God's people and a symbol of black infidelity. Its punishments came by fire and sword, and its fall from glory and wealth to dishonor and poverty followed its devotion to idols.
The devastation would come through Nebuchadnezzar and foreign conquerors. Along with this are the drying up of Egypt's rivers and the abolishing of her idols. Egypt, at one time the greatest empire on earth and one of the greatest of kingdoms, would be judged and brought low and abased. From glory and wealth it would sink into humbling decline, dishonor and poverty, becoming the basest of the kingdoms, never to rise again among the nations.
What is foretold has been literally fulfilled, and its fulfilment is remarkable and evident today. It was fulfilled in Egypt's conquest and long history under successive foreign rulers. The mighty ruins of No testify to the fulfillment of the judgments upon it. Those who held it said its prophecy is fulfilled when England takes complete control of Egypt.