Ezekiel 30:26

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

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וְזֵרִיתִ֥י

zârâh

H2219

“and · to scatter”

Conjunction + Verb, Piel, Sequential Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular

Appears 39× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Exodus 32:20

Full BDB Definition

Origin: a primitive root [compare H2114 ]

TWOT: 579

to scatter, fan, cast away, winnow, disperse, compass, spread, be scattered, be dispersed - (Qal) - to scatter - to fan, winnow - (Niphal) to be scattered, be dispersed - (Piel) - to scatter, disperse (intensive of Qal) - to winnow, sift - (Pual) to be scattered, be spread out

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

11: words
10: distinct lemmas
Prophets: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

וְזֵרִיתִ֥י to scatter H2219 occurs in 38 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

3 verbs
4 nouns
1 pronoun
1 conjunction
2 particles

Verb forms

וַהֲפִצוֹתִ֤י Hiphil · Sequential Perfect
וְזֵרִיתִ֥י Piel · Sequential Perfect
וְיָדְע֖וּ Qal · Sequential Perfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 22 words from the Hebrew and 26 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 11 Hebrew tokens and 19 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Ezekiel 30:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Daniel 11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also on the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
Ezekiel 29:12 I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Ezekiel 6:13 You shall know that I am Yahweh, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered sweet savor to all their idols.
Ezekiel 30:17–18 The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and these [cities] shall go into captivity.
Ezekiel 30:23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Ezekiel 30:26 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַהֲפִצוֹתִ֤י אֶת מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם וְזֵרִיתִ֥י אוֹתָ֖ם בָּאֲרָצ֑וֹת וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּֽי אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה

I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Ezekiel 30:26 Septuagint · lemma form

καί διασπείρω αἴγυπτος εἰς ὁ ἔθνος καί λικμάω αὐτός εἰς ὁ χώρα καί γιγνώσκω πᾶς ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμί κύριος

And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations, and utterly scatter them among the countries; and they all shall know that I am the Lord.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)

וְאַגְלֵי יַת מִצְרָאֵי לְבֵינֵי עַמְמַיָא וֶאֱבַדַר יַתְהוֹן בִּמְדִינָתָא וְיֵדְעוּן אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ:

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Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Ezekiel 30:26 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Eze 30:26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

Ver. 26. See Eze 30:23. They would hardly believe it, and therefore are so often assured of it.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 26. I will scatter the Egyptians] Several fled with Apries to Upper Egypt; and when Nebuchadnezzar wasted the country, he carried many of them to Babylon. See on Eze 29:12.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

26. See on Eze_30:23.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries,.... Of which they might assure themselves, since the Lord had before spoken it, and here again repeats it:

and they shall know that I am the Lord; whose name alone is Jehovah, and does whatsoever he pleases; sets up kings, and puts them down; strengthens and weakens kingdoms just as seems good in his sight; none having any power but what is given by him, and which he can take away when he thinks fit.

Next: Ezekiel Chapter 31

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

See Eze 30:23.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Lesson kit

Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.

Ezekiel, in the Prophets, opens this verse with 11 words (10 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is zârâh (“to scatter”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “to scatter” (zârâh) contribute to the verse as a whole?
Exodus 32:20 shares the word «to scatter» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
The verb «וַהֲפִצוֹתִ֤י» is Hiphil Sequential Perfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Adam Clarke's Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 11 Hebrew ↔ 19 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 8 words in this verse.
10 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 11 words in this verse.