Ezekiel 30:18

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At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

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The places named are chiefly Egyptian cities and regions from the Nile Delta to Upper Egypt, with Cush, Put/Libya, Arabia, and Babylon representing neighboring or foreign powers. In Ezekiel’s oracle, their breadth underscores that Egypt’s political, religious, and military centers would all share in the judgment God brings through Babylon.

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Ezekiel 30:18 mentions Arabia, Babylon, Cush, Egypt, Heliopolis, Libya, Memphis, Migdol, Nile, Pathros, Pelusium, Pi-beseth, Put, Syene, Tahpanhes, Thebes and Zoan.

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

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