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Verse Ezekiel 29:4. _I WILL PUT HOOKS IN THY JAWS_] Amasis, one of
this king's generals, being proclaimed king by an insurrection of the
people, dethroned _Apries_, and seized upon the kingdom; and Ap...
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HOOKS IN THY JAWS - Compare Job 41:2. The crocodile is thus rendered
an easy prey.
FISH OF THY RIVERS - i. e., the allies of Egypt shall be involved in
her ruin....
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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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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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But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy
rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the
midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick...
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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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FISH] the subjects of Pharaoh. 6, 7. This was the constant character
of Egypt in its relations with Israel. It incited Israel by promises
of help to rebel against Assyria or Babylon, and failed in the...
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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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HOOKS IN THY JAWS. — An allusion to the ancient way of taking and
destroying the crocodile, otherwise invulnerable to their arms.
FISH OF THY RIVERS SHALL STICK UNTO THY SCALES. — As the crocodile,
t...
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וְ נָתַתִּ֤י _חַחִים֙_† בִּ
לְחָיֶ֔יךָ וְ הִדְבַּקְתִּ֥י
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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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But I will put (c) hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy
rivers to stick to thy scales, and I will bring thee out of the midst
of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick t...
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Bridle. The Tentyrians jump upon the crocodile's back, give it a club
to bite at, which they seize with both hands, and bring it to the
shore. (Pliny, [Natural History?] viii. 25.) --- Others throw a...
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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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BUT I WILL PUT HOOKS IN THY JAWS,.... The allusion is to fishhooks,
which are taken by fishes with the bait into their mouths, and stick
in their jaws, by which they are drawn out of the river, and ta...
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But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy
rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the
midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick...
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_But I will put hooks in thy jaws_ The king of Egypt being spoken of
as a great fish, or a crocodile, God here, in pursuance of the same
metaphor, tells him that he will put hooks in his jaws, or stop...
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But I will put hooks in thy jaws, as men did in the case of
crocodiles, such rings effectually restraining the fierce reptiles,
AND I WILL CAUSE THE FISH OF THY RIVERS TO STICK UNTO THY SCALES,
namely...
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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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Thou art secure against all, but God will draw thee out of thy river
to thy ruin. HOOKS; the allegory is continued; fish are drawn out with
hooks and lines, and God hath hooks for this proud dragon, f...
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Ezekiel 29:4 put H5414 (H8804) hooks H2397 (H8676) H2397 jaws H3895
fish H1710 rivers H2975 stick...
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“And I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will cause the fish of
your rivers, to stick to your scales, and I will bring you up out of
the midst of the rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which st...
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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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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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2 Kings 19:28; Amos 4:2; Ezekiel 38:4; Habakkuk 1:14; Habakkuk 1:15;...
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Put hooks — The Allegory is continued. The fish — The people of
Egypt. To stick — To adhere to their king....