KJV ORIGINAL
And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
War is coming to Egypt, and Ethiopia is going to feel that pain too. People will die in Egypt, everything they built up will get stripped away, and all their foundations — everything they thought was solid — will crumble.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
When nations think they're untouchable, God can still shake their foundations.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The prophet Ezekiel wrote this book to Judean exiles living in Babylon during the early 6th century BCE. It was written to declare divine judgment against Egypt, a regional power that Judah often considered an unreliable ally against the rising Babylonian empire.
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