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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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I WILL GIVE. See note on Ezekiel 29:18, above. it shall be the wages.
See the Structure on p. 1147....
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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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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 t...
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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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I WILL GIVE. — In the original this is in the form of a participle;
literally, _I am giving._ This form is often used of the future, but
with especial appropriateness of the immediate future. The othe...
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לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה
הִנְנִ֥י...
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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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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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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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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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THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD,.... Since this was the case, that
the king of Babylon had been working for nothing, and had spent much
blood and treasure, as well as time, to little purpose and adv...
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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 th...
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_He shall take her multitude, and take her spoil_ Nebuchadnezzar and
his army shall have the captives and spoil of Egypt, which they shall
utterly pillage and lay waste. _Because they wrought for me,...
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Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will give the land of
Egypt unto Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, so that he would bring the
country into subjection to Chaldea; AND HE SHALL TAKE HER MUL...
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THE CONQUEST AND SPOIL OF EGYPT...
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TAKE HER SPOIL, AND TAKE HER PREY:
_ Heb._ spoil her spoil and prey her prey...
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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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I WILL GIVE THE LAND OF EGYPT: yet it is certain that the discontents
of Egypt gave occasion, and the revolts of some of the subjects from
Hophra, or Apries, and their inviting Nebuchadnezzar, gave hi...
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Ezekiel 29:19 says H559 (H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069 give H5414 (H8802)
land H776 Egypt H4714 Nebuchadnezzar...
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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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“Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold I will give the land of
Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and he will carry off large
numbers of her people, and take her spoil and take her prey....
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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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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 29:19 I WILL GIVE THE LAND OF EGYPT TO
NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF BABYLON. This prophecy was given in 571 B.C.
Nebuchadnezzar conquered Egypt in 568 ...
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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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Her multitude — Common people, who shall be made captives, and
servants or slaves. Her prey — What she had before taken from
others. The wages — God will be behind — hand with none, who do
any service...