Ezekiel 29:3 meaning and explanation
Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
Ezekiel 29:3, Berean Standard Bible
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God speaks through Ezekiel to Pharaoh Hophra of Egypt, who ruled when Jerusalem fell. The Hebrew word rendered "great monster" is tannin, a sea creature, and it echoes the chaos beast of ancient Near Eastern myth.
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