For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
Ezekiel 32:11 belongs to the prophecy against Egypt, declaring the certain fate awaiting Pharaoh and his host through the attack of Babylon's king. It foretells that the king of Babylon would bring the sword against Egypt to invade and subjugate it. That king was Nebuchadnezzar, whose coming with the sword was named as the appointed means of Egypt's downfall.
The coming of Babylon was God's judgment upon Egypt in its struggle for supremacy. The prophecy was described as literally fulfilled, for a kingdom once among the greatest would become the basest of kingdoms. Egypt's later history under successive foreign rulers was presented as the fulfillment of these prophecies concerning its invasion and subjugation.
Ezekiel 32:11 belongs to the prophecy against Egypt, declaring the certain fate awaiting Pharaoh and his host through the attack of Babylon's king. It foretells that the king of Babylon would bring the sword against Egypt to invade and subjugate it. That king was Nebuchadnezzar, whose coming with the sword was named as the appointed means of Egypt's downfall.
The coming of Babylon was God's judgment upon Egypt in its struggle for supremacy. The prophecy was described as literally fulfilled, for a kingdom once among the greatest would become the basest of kingdoms. Egypt's later history under successive foreign rulers was presented as the fulfillment of these prophecies concerning its invasion and subjugation.