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Verse Ezekiel 29:3. _THE GREAT DRAGON_] התנים _hattannim_ should
here be translated _crocodile_, as that is a _real_ animal, and
numerous in the _Nile_; whereas the _dragon_ is wholly _fabulous_. The...
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The king is addressed as the embodiment of the state.
DRAGON - Here the crocodile, the great monster of the Nile, which was
regarded very differently in different parts of Egypt. By some it was
worshi...
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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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THE LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. App-6.
THE GREAT DRAGON. the great crocodile, to which Egypt was likened on
Roman coins. Compar...
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Prophecy against Egypt
With the exception of the passage ch. Ezekiel 29:17-21 the prophecies
against Egypt belong to a time shortly anterior to the fall of
Jerusalem or shortly after it. Ch. 29 is da...
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I AM AGAINST THEE, &C,— This king of Egypt was _Pharaoh Hophra,_ of
whom Jeremiah speaks, chap. Ezekiel 44:30 and who is called _Apries_
by Herodotus; who informs us, agreeably to this description of...
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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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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 ma...
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29:3 rivers, (b-28) Or 'canals.'...
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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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DRAGON] the crocodile. HIS RIVERS] the Nile and its branches....
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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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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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THE GREAT DRAGON. — This word is usually translated _dragon_ in the
English version, but sometimes _whale_ (Ezekiel 32:2), and (in a
slightly modified form) _serpent_ (Exodus 7:9; Exodus 7:12). It
unq...
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דַּבֵּ֨ר וְ אָמַרְתָּ֜ כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֣ר
׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י...
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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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Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee,
Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great (b) dragon that lieth in the midst of
his rivers, which hath said, My river [is] my own, and I ha...
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Dragon. Hebrew tannin, (Haydock) whence thunnus may be derived, means
any water monster, and seems here put for the crocodile, (Calmet)
which Pharao signifies. (Grotius) --- It was the symbol of Egypt...
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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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SPEAK, AND SAY, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD,.... The one only, living, and
true God, the almighty, eternal, and unchangeable Jehovah, which the
gods of Egypt were not:
BEHOLD, I AM AGAINST THEE, PHARAOH...
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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...
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_Set thy face against Pharaoh_ Pharaoh being a common name to all the
kings of Egypt, this prince was called Pharaoh-hophra: by way of
distinction, by Jeremiah 44:30, and Apries by Herodotus. The word...
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Speak and say, in a message which was, in every word, the message of
Jehovah against a heathen ruler who was guilty of so much wickedness
over against the Lord's people, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, BEHOL...
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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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THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD; that God that drowned one of thy predecessors
with his army, horsemen, and horses in the Red Sea, at whose name thou
shouldst tremble, who ever fulfilled his word, and is the...
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Ezekiel 29:3 Speak H1696 (H8761) say H559 (H8804) says H559 (H8804)
Lord H136 GOD H3069 Pharaoh
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“Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh. Behold I am against
you Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great monster (tannin) who lies in the
midst of his rivers, who has said, “My river is my own, and I hav...
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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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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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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 29:3 The phrase BEHOLD, I AM AGAINST YOU
also appears in Ezekiel 28:22. There it is addressed to Sidon. The
figure of the...
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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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Daniel 4:30; Daniel 4:31; Deuteronomy 8:17; Ezekiel 28:2; Ezekiel 28:2