In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth [day] of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 1. _In the tenth year._] The year before Jerusalem was taken. Eze 24:1 _ In the tenth month._] Called "Tebeth," Est 2:16 and it answereth to our January, saith Bede. Chronolo... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: Ver. 2. _Set thy face against Pharaoh._] This was Pharaohhophra, whom Herodotus _a_ calleth Apries, and saith that he gave out that no god, how great soever, could deprive him of his kingdom. Di... [ 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. Ver. 3. _The great dragon._] Or, Whale, or crocodile, the figure of Pharaoh;... [ 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. Ver. 4. _But I will put hooks in thy jaws._] Speaking to Tyre, a sea town, sea met... [ 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. Ver. 5. _And I will leave thee throw... [ 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. Ver. 6. _And all the inhabitants, &c._] Shall feel my power in their just destruction, though they think themselves insuperable. _ Because they have been a staff of reed... [ 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. Ver. 7. _When they took hold of thee by thy hand,_] _i.e., _ Made a covenant with thee, and hoped for help from thee. Se... [ 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. Ver. 8. _And cut off man and beast._] With both which thou aboundest exceedingly, as being a very fruitful country; _populosa et pecorosa._... [ 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]._ Ver. 9. _Because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it._] With this proud speech he is twice twitted. _see _ Eze 29:3 The Egy... [ 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._ Ver. 10. _And against thy rivers._] The jealous God will down with the earthly idol, whatever it be. See on Ezek... [ 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. Ver. 11. _No foot of man or beast shall pass through it._] This was _solitudo solitudinis_ indeed, a dreadful desolation. When it happened no history mentioneth, but that it was... [ 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. Ver. 12. _In the midst... [ 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: Ver. 13. _Will I gather the Egyptians._] God loveth to help men that are forsaken of their hopes. Cyrus sent them home likely about that time that he took Babylon; and his... [ 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. Ver. 14. _Into the land of Pathros._] A part of the lower Egypt; a corner of the country, say some, but big enough to h... [ 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. Ver. 15. _It shall be the basest of the kingdoms._] And worthily, for their worshipping the basest creatures, _see _ Rom 1:23-24... [ 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. Ver. 16. _And it shall be no more the confidence._] For I will cut them and keep them short enough; I will pu... [ 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, Ver. 17. _In the seven and twentieth year._] Of Jeconiah's captivity, as Ezekiel ordinarily counteth, or of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, say the Jewish d... [ 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: Ver. 18. _To serve a great service._] For thir... [ 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. Ver. 19. _Behold, I will give the land of Egypt._] As pay for his pains at Ty... [ 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. Ver. 20. _I have given him the land of Egypt._] As the great Turk gave his soldiers the rich spoil of Constantinople; _a_ and as Tamerlane never forgot the good servi... [ 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. Ver. 21. _The horn,_] _i.e., _ The strength, power, and authority, in the kingdom of Christ especially. Luk 1:69 _ Th... [ Continue Reading ]