In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, This is the last of the world-kingdoms against which Ezekiel's prophecies are directed, and occupies the largest space in them-namely, the next four chapters. Though further off than... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: SET THY FACE AGAINST PHARAOH - a common name of all the kings of Egypt, meaning the sun; or, as others say, a crocodile, which was worshipped in parts of Egypt (cf. , "the great dragon that li... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. THE GREAT DRAGON - Hebrew [ taniym (H8577)], any large aquatic animal, here it... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. I WILL PUT HOOKS IN THY JAWS - (; cf. Job 41:1, "Canst thou draw out leviathan... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. I WILL LEAVE THEE THROWN INTO THE WI... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. THEY HAVE BEEN A STAFF OF REED TO ... ISRAEL - alluding to the reeds on the banks of the Nile, on which if one leaned they broke (note ; , Rabshakeh said to Hezekiah, "L... [ Continue Reading ]
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand. WHEN THEY TOOK HOLD OF THEE BY THY HAND - or handle of the reed. THOU DIDST BREAK, AND REND ALL THEIR SHOULDER - by... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. BEHOLD, I WILL BRING A SWORD UPON THEE - Nebuchadnezzar's army (). Also Amasis and the Egyptian revolters who, after Pharaoh-hophra's discomfiture in Cyrene, dethroned and strangled... [ Continue Reading ]
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. THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD - in antithesis to the blasphemous boast repeated here from , "The river is mine, and I have made it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. I WILL MAKE THE LAND OF EGYPT UTTERLY WASTE AND DESOLATE, FROM THE TOWER OF SYENE. Grotius translates, 'from Migdol... [ Continue Reading ]
No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. NO FOOT OF MAN SHALL PASS THROUGH IT ... NEITHER SHALL IT BE INHABITED FORTY YEARS - corresponding to the 40 years in which the Israelites, their former bondsmen, wandered in... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. I WILL MAKE THE LAND OF... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: AT THE END OF FORTY YEARS WILL I GATHER THE EGYPTIANS FROM THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY WERE SCATTERED - (, "I will deliver them (the multitude of No and Pharaoh and Egypt) ..... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. AND WILL CAUSE THEM TO RETURN INTO THE LAND OF PATHROS, INTO THE LAND OF THEIR HABITATION - the Thebaid, or Upper Egypt... [ Continue Reading ]
_IT SHALL BE THE BASEST OF THE KINGDOMS; NEITHER SHALL IT EXALT ITSELF ANY MORE ABOVE THE NATIONS: FOR I WILL DIMINISH THEM, THAT THEY SHALL NO MORE RULE OVER THE NATIONS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. IT SHALL BE NO MORE THE CONFIDENCE OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL - Egypt, when restored, shall be so circumscribed in... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, IN THE SEVEN AND TWENTIETH YEAR ... THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME. The departure from the chronological order occurs here only, among the prophec... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: NEBUCHADNEZZAR ... CAUSED HIS ARMY TO SERVE ...... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. BEHOLD, I WILL GIVE ... EGYPT UNTO NEBUCHADNEZZAR ... AND HE SHALL TAKE HE... [ Continue Reading ]
I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD. I HAVE GIVEN HIM THE LAND OF EGYPT ... BECAUSE THEY WROUGHT FOR ME - the Chaldeans, fulfilling my will as to Tyre (cf. ).... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. IN THAT DAY WILL I CAUSE THE HORN OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL TO BUD FORTH. In the evil only, not in the good, was Egypt t... [ Continue Reading ]