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Verse Ezekiel 29:18. _CAUSED HIS ARMY TO SERVE A GREAT SERVICE
AGAINST_ _TYRUS_] He was _thirteen_ years employed in the siege. See
_Joseph_. Antiq. lib. x. c. 11. In this siege his soldiers endured...
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The prophet places this prediction out of chronological order, that he
may point out what had not been stated in the foregoing prophecy,
namely, that the agent who should strike the first blow on Egyp...
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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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EGYPT AND TYRE. This little oracle, the latest in the book (570 B.C.),
is one of the most remarkable. It is a practical admission that
Ezekiel's elaborate prophecy of the ruin of Tyre (Ezekiel 26 ff.)...
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NEBUEBADREZZAR. CAUSED HIS ARMY, &c. That this was fulfilled is shown
by Prof. Sayre, _The Egypt of the Hebrews_ (1896), p. 130, who quotes
an inscription which describes this campaign, which took pla...
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SON OF MAN, &C.— Menander the Greek historian, Philostratus, and
Josephus, all assert, that Nebuchadrezzar besieged Tyre thirteen
years, when Ithobal was king there. The siege continuing so long, the...
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II. THE PRIZE OF EGYPT 29:7-21
TRANSLATION
(17) And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first
month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying, (18) Son...
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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 Tyru...
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29:18 do (c-12) Lit. 'serve.' see ver. 20....
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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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EGYPT AS NEBUCHADREZZAR'S WAGES FOR THE SIEGE OF TYRE
This is the latest of Ezekiel's dated prophecies, and was uttered
nearly sixteen years after the destruction of Jerusalem.
Nebuchadrezzar's siege...
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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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YET HAD HE NO WAGES. — The siege of Tyre is here represented as a
service to God, for which Nebuchadnezzar had not yet received his
reward. This is quite in accordance with the whole Scriptural
repres...
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בֶּן ־אָדָ֗ם נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר
מֶֽלֶךְ ־בָּ֠בֶל הֶעֱבִ֨יד...
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TYRE
Ezekiel 26:1, Ezekiel 29:17
IN the time of Ezekiel Tyre was still at the height of her commercial
prosperity. Although not the oldest of the Phoenician cities, she held
a supremacy among them wh...
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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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Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a
great (k) service against Tyre: every head [was] made bald, and every
shoulder [was] rubbed raw: yet had he no wages, (l) nor his...
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Peeled, with carrying machines of war and burdens for thirteen years.
--- No reward worth the labour. The new city surrendered upon terms,
(Calmet) or the citizens shipped off their most valuable good...
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There was a long interval, even of seventeen years, between the first
part of this chapter and the prophecy here delivered, and it should
seem to have been the last of Ezekiel's prophecies. But there...
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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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SON OF MAN, NEBUCHADREZZAR KING OF BABYLON,.... The same with
Nebuchadnezzar; he goes by both names in Scripture, nor is the
difference very great:
CAUSED HIS ARMY TO SERVE A GREAT SERVICE AGAINST TY...
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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 T...
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_And it came to pass_, &c. The new prophecy, which begins here, is
connected with the foregoing, on account of its relating to the same
subject, and not on account of its being the next revelation in...
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THE CONQUEST AND SPOIL OF EGYPT...
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Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, caused his army to serve
a great service against Tyrus, namely, in laying siege to this city,
the task, according to secular accounts, taking him thirteen...
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17-21 The besiegers of Tyre obtained little plunder. But when God
employs ambitious or covetous men, he will recompense them according
to the desires of their hearts; for every man shall have his rew...
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HIS ARMY: the army, the inferior officers, and principal commanders,
it is like, were weary of the siege, and might advise the raising it;
but the authority, presence, and immovable resolution of the...
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Ezekiel 29:18 Son H1121 man H120 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428
Babylon H894 caused H5647 army H2428 labor H5647 ...
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THE SECOND ORACLE AGAINST EGYPT (EZEKIEL 29:17).
This is a late oracle introduced here, because it also refers to Tyre,
so that it would not be too far from the Tyre oracles, and because it
gives info...
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‘And so it was in the twenty seventh year, in the first month, on
the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me saying,
“Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, caused his army to do...
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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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_Because they wrought for Me._
SERVICE DONE FOR GOD REWARDED
I. The disposal of states and nations is the work of Divine
providence.
1. Do we examine this dispensation in reference to the authority...
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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 29:17 This is the latest-dated oracle in the
book, coming in April 571 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar’s siege of Tyre had
ended with Tyre still in existence but subject to the Babylonians...
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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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Caused — The army, and commanders were weary of the siege, but the
immovable resolution of the king kept them on. A great service — It
was service to the justice of God. It was great service both for...