Ezekiel 30:16
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And I will make a fire in Egypt: Pelusium shall be in pain like a woman in labour, and Alexandria shall be laid waste, and in Memphis there shall be daily distresses.

Ezekiel 30:8,9 And they shall know that I am the Lord: when I shall have set a fire in Egypt, and all the helpers thereof shall be destroyed. . . .

Ezekiel 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thy iniquities, and by the iniquity of thy traffic: therefore I will bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, to devour thee, and I will make thee as ashes upon the earth in the sight of all that see thee.

Context
A Lament for Egypt
15And I will pour out my indignation upon Pelusium the strength of Egypt, and will cut off the multitude of Alexandria. 16And I will make a fire in Egypt: Pelusium shall be in pain like a woman in labour, and Alexandria shall be laid waste, and in Memphis there shall be daily distresses.17The young men of Heliopolis, and of Bubastus shall fall by the sword, and they themselves shall go into captivity.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 44:1
The word that came to Jeremiah, concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, dwelling in Magdal, and in Taphnis, and in Memphis, and in the land of Phatures, saying:

Ezekiel 30:8
And they shall know that I am the Lord: when I shall have set a fire in Egypt, and all the helpers thereof shall be destroyed.

Ezekiel 30:13
Thus saith the Lord God: I will also destroy the idols, and I will make an end of the idols of Memphis: and there shall: be no more a prince of the land of Egypt and I will cause a terror in the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 30:14
And I will destroy the land of Phatures, and will make a fire in Taphnis, and will execute judgments in Alexandria.

Ezekiel 30:15
And I will pour out my indignation upon Pelusium the strength of Egypt, and will cut off the multitude of Alexandria.

Ezekiel 30:17
The young men of Heliopolis, and of Bubastus shall fall by the sword, and they themselves shall go into captivity.

Ezekiel 39:6
And I will send a fire on Magog, and on them that dwell confidently in the islands: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Hosea 9:6
For behold they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them together, Memphis shall bury them: nettles shall inherit their beloved silver, the bur shall be in their tabernacles.

Lexicon
I will set
וְנָתַ֤תִּי (wə·nā·ṯat·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

fire
אֵשׁ֙ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire

to Egypt;
בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם (bə·miṣ·ra·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

Pelusium
סִ֔ין (sîn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5512: Eastern frontier city of Egypt

will writhe in anguish,
ח֤וּל (ḥūl)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

Thebes
וְנֹ֖א (wə·nō)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4996: Thebes -- an Egyptian city

will be
תִּהְיֶ֣ה (tih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

split open,
לְהִבָּקֵ֑עַ (lə·hib·bā·qê·a‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1234: To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open

and Memphis
וְנֹ֖ף (wə·nōp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5297: Memphis -- a city in Egypt

[will face] daily
יוֹמָֽם׃ (yō·w·mām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3119: Daytime, by day

distress.
צָרֵ֥י (ṣā·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent


Additional Translations
I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

And I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis'shall have adversaries in the day-time.

And I will send fire upon Egypt; and Syene shall be sorely troubled; and there shall be a breaking in Diospolis, and waters shall be poured out.

And I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be rent asunder, and at Noph [there shall be] enemies in open day.

And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up: and Noph shall have adversaries in the day time.

And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis [shall have] adversaries in the daytime.

And I have given fire against Egypt, Greatly pained is Sin, and No is to be rent, And Noph hath daily distresses.
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