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Verse Ezekiel 29:6. _THEY HAVE BEEN A STAFF OF REED_] An inefficient
and faithless ally. The Israelites expected assistance from them when
Nebuchadnezzar came against Jerusalem; and they made a feint...
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STAFF OF REED - The “reed” was especially appropriate to Egypt as
the natural product of its river....
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Ezekiel 29-30. First Egypt's desolation is announced (Ezekiel 29:1).
The king of Egypt addressed in this prophecy was Pharaoh-Hophra,
called in Greek, Apries. He was the grandson of Pharaoh-Necho, who...
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EZEKIEL 29-32. ORACLE AGAINST EGYPT. Next and last to be denounced is
Egypt, the great rival of Babylon, and consequently the opponent of
Yahweh's purpose. The separate oracles were written either not...
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SHALL KNOW. See note on Ezekiel 6:7.
A STAFF OF REED. This was by inciting Israel to resist and rebel
against Assyria by promises of help which failed. See 2 Kings
18:21.Isaiah 20:5;...
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN
THE ECLIPSE OF EGYPT
29:1-32:32
In the four Chapter s devoted to Egypt Ezekiel speaks seven words from
the Lord. All but one of these words are given specific dating. Why
such a larg...
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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
o...
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THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CROCODILE
Pharaoh is compared to the crocodile of the Nile. God will drag him
forth with hooks, and cast him, with the fish that stick to his
scales, into the wilderness, as a p...
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§ 3. EGYPT (EZEKIEL 29-32)
The most of this series of prophecies against Egypt are connected with
dates during the siege of Jerusalem, the time when Ezekiel was silent
as a prophet of Israel. They wer...
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EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD”
GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 29
*PROPHECY AGAINST EGYPT – EZEKIEL 29:1-16
V1 It w
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A STAFF OF REED. — In Isaiah 36:6 the dependence of Judah upon Egypt
is described as trust “in the staff of this broken reed;” but
notwithstanding all warnings, they still trusted, especially at the
t...
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וְ יָֽדְעוּ֙ כָּל ־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
מִצְרַ֔יִם כִּ֖י...
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EGYPT
Ezekiel 29:1; Ezekiel 30:1; Ezekiel 31:1; Ezekiel 32:1
EGYPT figures in the prophecies of Ezekiel as a great world-power
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Ezekiel then uttered the doom of one. Egypt had been the principal foe
of the people of God, and against her were uttered seven prophecies,
which are placed here in an order of purpose rather than in...
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And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I [am] the LORD,
because they have been a staff of (d) reed to the house of Israel.
(d) Read (2 Kings 18:21; Isaiah 36:6)....
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Here are sad things to be done for the humbling of Egypt, and which
God will certainly accomplish. But what I particularly beg the Reader
to observe, because it is indeed the general cause the Lord as...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29, 30, 31, AND 32.
Chapter s 29-32 contain the judgment of Egypt. Egypt sought, in the
self-will of man, to take the place which God had in fact given to
Neb...
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AND ALL THE INHABITANTS OF EGYPT SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD,....
Who could eject their king from his kingdom, and deliver him into the
hands of his enemy; though he thought no God could, as he boas...
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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.
Ver. 6. _And all the inhabitants, &c._] Shall feel my power in their
j...
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_Because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel _ This
expression, _a staff of reed_, is very emphatical, to signify a
confidence which has failed those that depended upon it, or has do...
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And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, the
one God who directs the destinies of nations, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN A
STAFF OF REED TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, the latter's dependence...
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THE DESTRUCTION OF PHARAOH'S POWER AND THE SUBSEQUENT RESTORATION OF
EGYPT...
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1-16 Worldly, carnal minds pride themselves in their property,
forgetting that whatever we have, we received it from God, and should
use it for God. Why, then, do we boast? Self is the great idol whi...
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This mighty overthrow shall be known through all Egypt, and as it
shall fill them with fears and troubles, so it should be a convincing
argument to them that God had done this, and punished them, and...
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Ezekiel 29:6 inhabitants H3427 (H8802) Egypt H4714 know H3045 (H8804)
LORD H3068 staff H4938 reed H7070 house...
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THE FIRST ORACLE AGAINST EGYPT (EZEKIEL 29:1).
In this oracle Egypt is likened to a monster crocodile which Yahweh
will hunt and dispose of (2-5), because of Pharaoh's pretensions
(Ezekiel 29:3), and...
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“And the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because
they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. When they took
hold of you by the hand, you broke and badly tore their shoulder...
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THE ORACLES AGAINST EGYPT (EZEKIEL 29:1 TO EZEKIEL 32:32).
This section of the book is composed of seven oracles issued against
Egypt. The fact that there are seven is probably deliberate in order
to...
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CONTENTS: Prophecy against Egypt.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar.
CONCLUSION: Those who abuse their power will justly be stripped of it.
Those who pride themselves in prosperity,...
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Ezekiel 29:2. _Set thy face against Pharaoh._ Against the dragon, the
alligator, for the Nile once had alligators. The figurative language
here is very majestic, and calculated to impress the Egyptian...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 29:1 The seventh and last of the nations
addressed, Egypt (like Tyre) receives seven oracles. If the chief
interest in Tyre was economic, the leading issue for Egypt is militar...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 29:6 The second accusation against Egypt is
given in the BECAUSE... THEREFORE form seen often in Ezekiel. A
river-related metaphor appears again. This time, however, Egypt is t...
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THE FIRST OF FOUR Chapter S DIRECTED AGAINST EGYPT (Chap. 29)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—“Pharaoh, a monarch with whom the Hebrews were
frequently in contact, is represented as vaunting in the security of
his...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 29:1
IN THE TENTH YEAR, etc. The precision with which the dates of the
several portions of the prophecy against Egypt are given, here and in
Ezekiel 29:17; Ez
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Now as we get into chapter 29:
In the tenth year (Ezekiel 29:1),
That would be the year 587 B.C.
And in the tenth month, the twelfth day of the month (Ezekiel 29:1),
This prophecy came to Ezekiel...
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2 Kings 18:21; Exodus 14:18; Exodus 9:14; Ezekiel 28:22; Ezekiel 28