Ezekiel 31:2

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Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his people; Whom are you like in your great power?

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  • Ezek 29:19 : 19 For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am giving the land of Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon: he will take away her wealth, and take her goods by force and everything which is there; and this will be the payment for his army.
  • Ezek 30:10 : 10 This is what the Lord has said: I will put an end to great numbers of the people of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.
  • Ezek 31:18 : 18 Whom then are you like? for you will be sent down with the trees of Eden into the lowest parts of the earth: there you will be stretched out among those without circumcision, with those who were put to the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his people, says the Lord.
  • Nah 3:8-9 : 8 Are you better than No-amon, seated on the Nile streams, with waters all round her; whose wall was the sea and her earthwork the waters? 9 Ethiopia was her strength and Egyptians without number; Put and Lubim were her helpers. 10 But even she has been taken away, she has gone away as a prisoner: even her young children are smashed to bits at the top of all the streets: the fate of her honoured men is put to the decision of chance, and all her great men are put in chains.
  • Rev 10:11 : 11 And they said to me, You are to give word again of what is coming in the future to the peoples and nations and languages and kings.
  • Isa 14:13-14 : 13 For you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will make my seat higher than the stars of God; I will take my place on the mountain of the meeting-place of the gods, in the inmost parts of the north. 14 I will go higher than the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
  • Jer 1:5 : 5 Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.
  • Jer 1:17 : 17 So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.

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  • Ezek 29:1-3
    3 verses
    85%

    1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    2Son of man, let your face be turned against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and be a prophet against him and against all Egypt:

    3Say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great river-beast stretched out among his Nile streams, who has said, The Nile is mine, and I have made it for myself.

  • Ezek 31:18
    83%

    18Whom then are you like? for you will be sent down with the trees of Eden into the lowest parts of the earth: there you will be stretched out among those without circumcision, with those who were put to the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his people, says the Lord.

  • Ezek 32:1-3
    3 verses
    83%

    1And it came about in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    2Son of man, make a song of grief for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and say to him, Young lion of the nations, destruction has come on you; and you were like a sea-beast in the seas, sending out bursts of water, troubling the waters with your feet, making their streams dirty.

    3This is what the Lord has said: My net will be stretched out over you, and I will take you up in my fishing-net.

  • Ezek 31:1
    77%

    1Now in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Ezek 31:3
    74%

    3See, a pine-tree with beautiful branches and thick growth, giving shade and very tall; and its top was among the clouds.

  • Ezek 28:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,

    2Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:

  • Ezek 32:17-19
    3 verses
    74%

    17And in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    18Son of man, let your voice be loud in sorrow for the people of Egypt and send them down, even you and the daughters of the nations; I will send them down into the lowest parts of the earth, with those who go down into the underworld.

    19Are you more beautiful than any? go down, and take your rest among those without circumcision,

  • Exod 6:29
    73%

    29The Lord said to Moses, I am the Lord: say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything I am saying to you.

  • Ezek 30:20-22
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    73%

    20Now in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    21Son of man, the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, has been broken by me, and no band has been put round it to make it well, no band has been twisted round it to make it strong for gripping the sword.

    22For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and by me his strong arm will be broken; and I will make the sword go out of his hand.

  • Jer 25:19
    73%

    19Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and his servants and his princes and all his people;

  • Ezek 32:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31Pharaoh will see them and be comforted on account of all his people: even Pharaoh and all his army, put to death by the sword, says the Lord.

    32For he put his fear in the land of the living: and he will be put to rest among those without circumcision, with those who have been put to death with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his people, says the Lord.

  • Ezek 30:10
    72%

    10This is what the Lord has said: I will put an end to great numbers of the people of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.

  • Isa 19:11-12
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    11The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the offspring of early kings?

    12Where, then, are your wise men? let them make clear to you, let them give you knowledge of the purpose of the Lord of armies for Egypt.

  • Ezek 17:2
    71%

    2Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,

  • Gen 41:28
    71%

    28As I said to Pharaoh before, God has made clear to him what he is about to do.

  • Isa 30:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Who make a move to go down into Egypt, without authority from me; who are looking to the strength of Pharaoh for help, and whose hope is in the shade of Egypt.

    3And the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and your hope in the shade of Egypt will come to nothing.

  • Ezek 28:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    12Son of man, make a song of grief for the king of Tyre, and say to him, This is what the Lord has said: You are all-wise and completely beautiful;

  • Ezek 31:10
    71%

    10For this cause the Lord has said: Because he is tall, and has put his top among the clouds, and his heart is full of pride because he is so high,

  • Gen 41:44
    70%

    44Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without your order no man may do anything in all the land of Egypt.

  • Ezek 27:2
    70%

    2And you, son of man, make a song of grief for Tyre;

  • Ezek 17:17
    70%

    17And Pharaoh with his strong army and great forces will be no help to him in the war, when they put up earthworks and make strong walls for the cutting off of lives:

  • Exod 9:17
    70%

    17Are you still uplifted in pride against my people so that you will not let them go?

  • 2 Kgs 18:21
    70%

    21See, now, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go through a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

  • Ezek 32:11
    70%

    11For this is what the Lord has said: The sword of the king of Babylon will come on you.

  • Dan 4:22
    70%

    22It is you, O King, who have become great and strong: for your power is increased and stretching up to heaven, and your rule to the end of the earth.

  • Gen 41:41
    70%

    41And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.

  • Ps 135:9
    70%

    9He sent signs and wonders among you, O Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants.

  • Isa 36:6
    70%

    6See, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go into a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

  • Jer 46:13
    70%

    13The word which the Lord said to Jeremiah the prophet, of how Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, would come and make war on the land of Egypt.

  • Ezek 12:9
    69%

    9Son of man, has not Israel, the uncontrolled people, said to you, What are you doing?

  • Isa 46:5
    69%

    5Who in your eyes is my equal? or what comparison will you make with me?

  • Exod 6:11
    69%

    11Go in and say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he is to let the children of Israel go out of his land.

  • Ezek 36:1
    69%

    1And you, son of man, be a prophet about the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, give ear to the word of the Lord:

  • Isa 40:18
    69%

    18Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?

  • Exod 4:22
    69%

    22And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:

  • Jer 37:7
    69%

    7The Lord, the God of Israel, has said: This is what you are to say to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from me: See, Pharaoh's army, which has come out to your help, will go back to Egypt, to their land.