Ezekiel 29:20
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I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.
In other translations
I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.
Hebrew words
פְּעֻלָּתוֹpe'ulatorecompense hisH6468אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834עָבַד'avadhe servedH5647בָּהּbahfor itנָתַתִּיnatatiI have givenH5414לוֹloto himאֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֶרֶץ'eretz[the] land ofH776מִצְרָיִםmitzrayimEgyptH4714אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834עָשׂוּ'asuthey actedH6213לִיlifor meנְאֻםne'um[the] utterance ofH5002אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136יְהוִה׃ סyahwehYahwehH3069
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 25:9Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
- Isaiah 10:6-76 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.6 I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets. 7 But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
- Isaiah 45:1-31 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; 2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.1 This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: 2 “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. 3 I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
- 2 Kings 10:30And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
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