And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.
Pride uttered aloud, The river is mine, I made it, is enough to ruin a whole nation. God will strip Egypt bare: the sword cuts man and beast, the land spills out its people into desolation, and those who thought they held the balance of power become contemptible. But He does not leave them forever; restoration follows after forty years of waste.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 29:8-16
That boast, the river is mine, I have made it, was intolerable to the Lord, and He repeats it to show His resentment. No matter what Pharaoh vaunts, he cannot keep it. When the desolation comes and the land lies waste, he will know at last that Jehovah is God.
AI summary
I am the Lord--in antithesis to the blasphemous boast repeated here from Eze 29:3, "The river is mine, and I have made it."