Exodus 7:5

Hebrew Bible

4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. I will reach into Egypt and bring out my regiments, my people the Israelites, from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment. 5 Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I extend my hand over Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.” 6 And Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them.

Ezekiel 29:6

Hebrew Bible

5 I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your waterways; you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies. 6 Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord because they were a reed staff for the house of Israel; 7 when they grasped you with their hand, you broke and tore their shoulders, and when they leaned on you, you splintered and caused their legs to be unsteady.

 Notes and References

"... Ezekiel was exiled to Babylonia with all those Judeans who were brought into captivity following the destruction of the first Holy Temple at the hands Of Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BCE There he was a source of hope to the Jews, promising them in the name of God ultimate redemption from their exile and restoration to the Holy Land. In our Haphtarah, Ezekiel thunders against the arrogant Pharaoh of Egypt of his time and prophesies that Egypt would be humbled by Nebuchadnezzar and would remain powerless. In both the Torah portion and the Haphtarah, the consequence of Egypt's punishment would be "that all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord," (Ezekiel 29:6 and 8. Compare the almost identical language in Exodus 7-5). And the Jewish nation would also know 'that I am the Lord,' (Ezekiel 29:21. Compare Exodus 6:7 in our Torah portion). The recognition of the role of God in the unfolding drama of history is a sine qua non for the spiritual regeneration of humankind. Ihe ultimate destruction of evil in society, for which Egypt is the paradigm in Ezekiel's prophecy, is linked to the destiny of the people of Israel ..."

Drazin, Israel, and Stanley M. Wagner Onkelos on the Torah, Exodus: Understanding the Bible Text (p. 286) Gefen, 2006

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