What Does Ezekiel 30:4 Mean in the King James?
And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Mitzrayim, the two narrows, loses not only its people but the very foundation established to make it stand.
THE MEANING
The verse holds collapse in full view: Egypt is struck by the sword, anguish reaches Cush, the dead fall, the people are carried away, and the foundations break. The rupture reaches bodies, a population, and the structure beneath them at once.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A powerful center is not secure simply because it has a multitude and foundations; both can be taken and broken.
THE ROOT
יְסוֹדֶיהָ
yesodeha
GROWS FROM
יסד
to establish; to lay a foundation
The Hebrew word for foundations grows from the root meaning to establish or lay a foundation. The verse says that what was established as the base itself is demolished.
ALSO GROWS
yasad: to establish; to lay a foundation
יָסַד
It shares the root consonants יסד with יְסוֹדֶיהָ; it names the act that produces a foundation.
yesod: foundation; base
יְסוֹד
This singular noun carries the same root, showing that the demolished foundations are the established base itself.
THE PATTERN
When a society’s foundations give way, its people, walls, and wealth cannot secure it.
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.THE THREAD
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.Ezekiel’s foundations are broken; Isaiah uses the same Hebrew root יסד (yasad, to establish or lay a foundation) for what is laid as a foundation in Zion. One verse shows an established base demolished, while the other shows a foundation being laid.
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