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Verse Ezekiel 32:7. _I WILL COVER THE HEAVEN_] Destroy the _empire_.
_MAKE THE STARS THEREOF DARK_] Overwhelm all the _dependent states_.
_I WILL COVER THE SUN_] The _king_ himself.
_AND THE MOON...
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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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PUT THEE OUT. extinguish thee.
I WILL COVER, &c. Compare Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 14:12.Joel 2:10; Joel
3:15.
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_put thee out_ i.e. extinguish thee. Pharaoh is regarded as a
brilliant luminary; cf. Isaiah 14:12, "How art thou fallen from
heaven, O shining one, morning star!" It is doubtful if there is any
ref....
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I WILL COVER THE HEAVEN, &C.— See Isaiah 24:23; Isaiah 30:26 where
the same metaphors are used, to denote the downfal of states and
governments....
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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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And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the
stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon
shall not give her light.
WHEN I SHALL PUT THEE OUT - when I...
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PUT.. OUT] RV 'extinguish.' Pharaoh is represented as a heavenly
luminary, at the extinction of which the other heavenly bodies veil
their light. Some suppose that there is a special reference to the...
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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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MAKE THE STARS THEREOF DARK. — This verse follows very closely
Isaiah 13:10, spoken of Babylon. In this and the following verse the
judgments of God are described in the common prophetic figure of
cha...
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וְ כִסֵּיתִ֤י בְ כַבֹּֽותְךָ֙
שָׁמַ֔יִם וְ הִ
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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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And when I shall (f) put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make
its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall
not give her light.
(f) The word signifies to be put out as...
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_Out, like a candle, by death; extinctus. (Haydock) --- The glory of
Egypt was so great, that at its fall the light of heaven seemed
diminished. (Worthington) --- Great desolation is thus intimated. -...
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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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AND WHEN I SHALL PUT THEE OUT,.... As a candle is put out, or some
great light or blazing torch is extinguished; such was the king of
Egypt in his splendour and glory; but now should be like a lamp pu...
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And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the
stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon
shall not give her light.
Ver. 7. _And when I shall put thee o...
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_And when I shall put thee out_ When I shall cast thee down from thy
power, and extinguish all thy glory. _I will cover the heaven, and
make the stars thereof dark_ It is well known that the downfall...
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And when I shall put thee out, as when one extinguishes the light of a
candle, I WILL COVER THE HEAVEN AND MAKE THE STARS THEREOF DARK, to
express mourning and condolence; I WILL COVER THE SUN WITH A...
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LAMENT OVER THE KING OF EGYPT...
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PUT THEE OUT:
Or, extinguish...
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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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PUT THEE OUT; as a torch is extinguished, ISAIAH 43:17, so I will put
out thy light, and turn thee into darkness. COVER THE HEAVEN; either
by dark vapours that arise from blood and putrefying carcasse...
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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 when I blot you out I will cover the heavens,
And make their stars dark,
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
And the moon will not give her light.
All the bright lights of heaven will I darken...
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“Thus says the Lord Yahweh,
I will throw my dragnet over you, with a large group of many peoples,
And they will bring you up in my net.
And I will leave you on the land,
I will cast you out on the...
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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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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 32:1 This oracle repeats the call to
“lament” (vv. Ezekiel 32:2, Ezekiel 32:16). The poe
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 32:7 The DARKNESS ON YOUR LAND alludes to
the exodus story (see Ezekiel 30:13; also...
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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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Amos 8:9; Exodus 10:21; Ezekiel 30:18; Ezekiel 30:3; Isaiah 13:10;...
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Put thee out — As a torch is extinguished. Cover the sun —
Probably some unusual darkness was seen in the heavens, and on the
earth, about that time....