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Ezekiel 29:8

Annihilation / Destruction Destruction / Perishing Language Literal Fulfillment Punishment Language Prophetic Methods of Communication

“Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.”

And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the Lord: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.

Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

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Annihilation / Destruction

This verse explicitly states that both "man and beast" will be "cut off," which directly aligns with the concept of destruction and ceasing to exist as a result of judgment.

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Literal Fulfillment

While the imagery is concrete, the phrase "cut off man and beast" could be interpreted as a hyperbolic expression for utter destruction and depopulation, rather than a strictly literal, individual cutting off of every single man and animal.

Punishment Language

The verse describes a destructive action, "cut off man and beast," which could be interpreted as a consequence of actions rather than explicitly using terms associated with divine judgment like "punish" or "vengeance."

Prophetic Methods of Communication

This verse describes a divine judgment being brought upon a nation, not the method by which God communicated this judgment to a prophet. It details the content of a prophetic message, not the means of its reception.

Annihilation / Destruction

Related Verses

Ezekiel 11:8

“Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God.”

Ezekiel 14:17

“Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:”

Ezekiel 32:11

“For thus saith the Lord God; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.”

Ezekiel 25:13

“Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.”

Ezekiel 21:3

“And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.”

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