Ezekiel 30:1
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Ver. 1. _The word of the Lord._] See Ezekiel 18:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Ver. 1. _The word of the Lord._] See Ezekiel 18:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! Ver. 2. _Woe worth the day._] _Ah! de die ista._ This shall be the voice much more of reprobates at that last "day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God." Rom 2:5 Enoch foretold this dreadful day b... [ Continue Reading ]
For the day [is] near, even the day of the LORD [is] near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. Ver. 3. _A cloudy day._] Heb., A day of a cloud, which was rarely seen in Egypt.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 4. _Great pain._] Heb., Pain upon pain, as the throes in childbirth.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. Ver. 5. _Chub._] Certain Africans, who shall be worse put to it than were those succeeding Africans, who had a prophecy (but not of like credit with th... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 6. _They that uphold Egypt shall fall,_] _i.e., _ Their confederates; or, as some, their tutelar gods. Herodo... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries [that are] desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities [that are] wasted. Ver. 7. _And they shall be desolate._] See Ezekiel 29:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and [when] all her helpers shall be destroyed. Ver. 8. _And they shall know that I am the Lord._] Men will not take knowledge of this till they have paid for their learning, _Vexatio dat intellectum._ Smart makes wit. _a_ W... [ Continue Reading ]
_In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh._ Ver. 9. _In that day shall messengers go forth from me,_] _i.e., _ The Chaldeans, by an instinct from me to subdue Ethiop... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. Ver. 10. _I will also make the multitude._] Or, The great noise and hurry. They shall have no more cause to complain that they are too many of them, so that they cannot one live... [ Continue Reading ]
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. Ver. 11. _The terrible of the nations._] _Tyranni gentium. Homo homini lupus._... [ Continue Reading ]
_And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken [it]._ Ver. 12. _And I will make the rivers dry._] The Chaldees shall drink them up; _as _ 2Ki 19:24 or I will dr... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause [their] images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. Ver. 13. _I will also destroy their idols._] He did so by Cambyses. See on Ezekiel 30:6... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. Ver. 14. _And I will set fire._] See on Ezekiel 30:8 . _ In Zoan._] Or Tanis, the inhabitants whereof are said to be those giants called Titans. _ And will execute judgments in No._] Populous No, Nah 3:... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. Ver. 15. _And I will pour my fury upon Sin._] _a_ Called afterwards Pelusium, and now Damiata. _ The strength of Egypt._] The key of the kingdom. _ a_ _Deserto Sinis nomen dedit._... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph [shall have] distresses daily. Ver. 16. _I will set fire in Egypt._] See Ezekiel 30:8 .... [ Continue Reading ]
The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these [cities] shall go into captivity. Ver. 17. _Aven._] Called also Heliopolis, and Thebe. _ Phibeseth._] Or Bubastis, called by Ptolemy, _Heroum civitas._... [ Continue Reading ]
_At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity._ Ver. 18. _At Tehaphnehes._] Or, Daphne, the gate of Egypt, at which the Chal... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD. Ver. 19. _And they shall know._] See on Ezekiel 30:8 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first [month], in the seventh [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 20. _In the eleventh year._] The year wherein Jerusalem was destroyed, notwithstanding Pharaoh's fair promises and proffers to relieve her.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. Ver. 21. _I have broken the arm._] _Ita ut nulla arte vel ope; _ so that by no means or medicines it can be made whole again.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. Ver. 22. _And will break his arms._] I will utterly disable him, and drive the field of him. He shall... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. Ver. 23. _And I will scatter the Egyptians._] Send them captive into other countries, as by a whirlwind or hurricane. This metaphor we have often met with. He was afterwards hanged.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded [man]. Ver. 24. _And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon._] _a_ God, as he sends the sword, Eze 14... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. Ver. 25. _But I will strengthen._] See Ezekie... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD. Ver. 26. See Ezekiel 30:23. They would hardly believe it, and therefore are so often assured of it.... [ Continue Reading ]