Ezechiel 29:6
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord: because thou hast been a staff of a reed to the house of Israel.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et scient omnes habitatores Ægypti quia ego Dominus, pro eo quod fuisti baculus arundineus domui Israël :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ γνώσονται πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες Αἴγυπτον ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος, ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἐγενήθης ῥάβδος καλαμίνη τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραήλ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ כָּל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י מִצְרַ֔יִם כִּ֖י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה יַ֧עַן הֱיוֹתָ֛ם מִשְׁעֶ֥נֶת קָנֶ֖ה לְבֵ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Haydock's commentary
Israel, tempting them to rebel. (St. Jerome)
He promised more than he was able or strove to perform, though he made a show of giving aid.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.