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Verse Ezekiel 32:2. _THOU ART LIKE A YOUNG LION - AND THOU_ ART _AS A
WHALE IN_ _THE SEAS_] Thou mayest be likened to _two_ of the fiercest
animals in the creation; to a lion, the fiercest on the _la...
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THOU ART LIKE ... - Rather, Thou wouldest be like to (others, “wast
likened unto”) a young lion.
AND THOU ART - In contrast to what thou wouldest be.
A WHALE - Rather, crocodile (marginal reference n...
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Ezekiel 31:1. Pharaoh's greatness is described in the first part of
the chapter (Ezekiel 31:1). He is compared to the Assyrian, once so
powerful and proud. The fall and desolation of the proud monarch...
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THE DIRGE OVER PHARAOH. A dirge is now sung over Pharaoh, in which he
is likened, as before (Ezekiel 29:3), to a crocodile brutal and
turbulent; but Yahweh will catch him in His net, and hurl his huge...
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SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.
THOU ART LIKE. Thou bast been likened to.
AND THOU ART. yet art thou. The contrast is between what was noble and
less noble.
WHALE. crocodile
SEAS. a collectio...
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_art like a young lion_ Perhaps: _wast likened to_, though the
construction is exceedingly hard (cf. Ezekiel 31:18). So far as the
form of words goes the meaning might rather be: O lion of the nations...
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TAKE UP A LAMENTATION— As the style of the lamentations was always
figurative and poetical, Ezekiel describes the king of Egypt as a
great _dragon_ or _crocodile,_—for so the word תנים _tannim,_
shoul...
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VI. DIRGE OVER PHARAOH 32:1-16
TRANSLATION
(1) And it Came to Pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in
the first day of the month that the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying, (2) Son of...
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Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say
unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a
whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, a...
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32:2 seas; (c-34) Or 'waters;' the expression is often applied to a
large river. see Isaiah 19:5 ; Jeremiah 51:36 ....
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THOU ART LIKE.. AND THOU _art_] RV 'thou wast likened.. yet art thou,'
a contrast between a noble and a base comparison. WHALE] RV 'dragon':
probably a crocodile or a hippopotamus is meant....
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TWO LAMENTATIONS FOR PHARAOH AND EGYPT
This chapter consists of two prophecies, both dated more than a year
and a half after the capture of Jerusalem, and separated from each
other by a fortnight. In...
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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 32
A FUNERAL SONG FOR EGYPT – EZEKIEL 32:1-16
V1 God
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AS A WHALE. — Rather, _a crocodile._ (See Note on Ezekiel 29:3,
where the same word is used.) A striking contrast is brought out in
this verse which is lost in our translation. “Thou wast compared to...
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בֶּן ־אָדָ֗ם שָׂ֤א קִינָה֙ עַל
־פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽ
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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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The sixth prophecy followed the fifth after an interval of nearly two
years, but was closely associated with it, in that it consisted of a
lamentation for Pharaoh whose doom was first described as the...
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Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say
to him, Thou art like a young (b) lion of the nations, and thou [art]
as a whale in the seas: and thou didst come forth with thy ri...
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_Dragon, or crocodile; two of the most terrible creatures. --- With
the horn is not expressed in Hebrew and the crocodile has nothing like
a horn. It has four feet, with which it makes the water muddy...
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I cannot but believe, though the thing is not plainly revealed, that
the Lord hath in this place a spiritual meaning, and which is
principally intended by these scriptures. Surely Ezekiel ministry
wou...
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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, TAKE UP A LAMENTATION FOR PHARAOH KING OF EGYPT,....
Pharaohhophra, or Apries; say a funeral dirge for him; this is
ordered, not out of honour and respect to him, or in compassion for
his...
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Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say
unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou [art] as
a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers,...
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_In the twelfth year_ Namely, of Jehoiachin's captivity, about which
time Amasis began to set up himself against the king of Egypt,
concerning whom this prophecy is. _Son of man, take up a lamentation...
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Son of man, a weak human being, and yet the messenger of the almighty
God, TAKE UP A LAMENTATION FOR PHARAOH, KING OF EGYPT, very likely
Pharaoh-hophra, AND SAY UNTO HIM, THOU ART LIKE A YOUNG LION OF...
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LAMENT OVER THE KING OF EGYPT...
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A WHALE:
Or, dragon...
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1-16 It becomes us to weep and tremble for those who will not weep
and tremble for themselves. Great oppressors are, in God's account, no
better than beasts of prey. Those who admire the pomp of this...
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TAKE A LAMENTATION: see EZEKIEL 19:1, EZEKIEL 27:2. PHARAOH; Hophra.
LIKE A YOUNG LION: of this hieroglyphic see EZEKIEL 19:3,6. OF THE
NATIONS; among, or to, the nations round about thee, spoil
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Ezekiel 32:2 Son H1121 man H120 up H5375 (H8798) lamentation H7015
Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 Egypt H4714 say...
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THE SIXTH ORACLE. A LAMENT OVER PHARAOH AND EGYPT (EZEKIEL 32:1).
The date of the oracle is March 585 BC. It follows the destruction of
Jerusalem. The versions vary, seeking to alter the date to befor...
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‘And so it was that in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on
the first day of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me saying,
“Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh, king of Egypt,...
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CONTENTS: Lamentation for Pharaoh and Egypt.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Pharaoh, Nebuchadrezzar.
CONCLUSION: Great potentates, if they be tyrannical and oppressive,
are in God's account no better than...
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Ezekiel 32:2 _. _ _Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh,_
compose a funeral elegy for Egypt. Send out thy letters to Egypt as
Jeremiah wrote to Babylon, and give them a space for repentance....
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PROPHETIC DIRGES OVER EGYPT’S FALL (Chap. 32)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 32:1. “IN THE TWELFTH YEAR”—in the
twelfth year from the carrying away of Jehoiakin: Jerusalem was by
this time overthrown, an...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 32:1
IN THE TWELFTH YEAR, etc. March, B.C. 584, nineteen months attar the
destruction of Jerusalem. The two sections of the chapter, Ezekiel
32:1 and Ezeki
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Now in chapter 32, because this is his sad destiny, he takes up this
lamentation. A lamentation is a wailing or a crying for the Pharaoh.
You lament, or you wail.
And it came to pass in the twelfth y...
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Ezekiel 19:1; Ezekiel 19:2; Ezekiel 27:2; Ezekiel 27:32; Ezekiel 28:
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Like a young lion — Spoiling all thou canst. Crocodile — The
crocodiles lay in the rivers, though sometimes they went down the
river to the sea. With thy rivers — Raisedst mighty armies, and
didst lea...