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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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BASEST. lowest....
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IT SHALL BE THE BASEST OF THE KINGDOMS— By _base kingdoms_ is meant,
that it should be tributary and subject to strangers, for the much
greater part of the time. This is the purport and meaning of the...
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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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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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_IT SHALL BE THE BASEST OF THE KINGDOMS; NEITHER SHALL IT EXALT ITSELF
ANY MORE ABOVE THE NATIONS: FOR I WILL DIMINISH THEM, THAT THEY SHALL
NO MORE RULE OVER THE NATIONS._
No JFB commentary on this...
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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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§ 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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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
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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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Remark, I pray you, Reader, the blessedness of this promise. Egypt, as
a Gentile nation, is to be gathered; and though ever after she is to
be kept in the greatest humbleness, yea, as a base nation, b...
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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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AND IT SHALL BE THE BASEST OF THE KINGDOMS,.... That belonged to the
Persian monarchy, or to the Macedonian empire, being more kept under
than the rest, lest it should regain its former strength and g...
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It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself
any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall
no more rule over the nations.
Ver. 15. _It shall be the ba...
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_And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt_ This captivity of the
Egyptians, though not taken notice of by Herodotus, is mentioned by
Berosus, in one of the fragments of his history, quoted by Jos...
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It shall be the basest of the kingdoms, instead of occupying the first
position, to which it aspired; NEITHER SHALL IT EXALT ITSELF ANY MORE
ABOVE THE NATIONS, FOR I WILL DIMINISH THEM THAT THEY SHALL...
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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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THE BASEST; the most abject, debased, and most underling. It is likely
the kings to whom Egypt was tributary kept them lowest, as knowing how
dangerous that kingdom might be, as it recovered its ancie...
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Ezekiel 29:15 lowliest H8217 kingdoms H4467 exalt H5375 (H8691)
nations H1471 diminish H4591 (H8689) rule H7287 ...
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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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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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“For thus says the Lord Yahweh, At the end of forty years I will
gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they have been scattered,
and I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause the...
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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 29:9 A brief BECAUSE section (v. Ezekiel
29:9) repeats the accusation against Egypt from v....
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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 11:42; Daniel 11:43; Ezekiel 17:14; Ezekiel 17:6; Ezekiel 30:
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No more rule — Though in the times of the Ptolemeys, it was
considerable, yet then, even then it did not rule the nations about
her....