_THE JUDGMENT OF PHARAOH FOR HIS TREACHERY TO ISRAEL. THE DESOLATION OF EGYPT. THE RESTORATION THEREOF AFTER FORTY YEARS. EGYPT THE REWARD OF NEBUCHADREZZAR. ISRAEL SHALL BE RESTORED._ _Before Christ 588._... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE TENTH YEAR, &C.— The tenth year is that from the taking of Jerusalem: according to Usher, about the year of the world 3415. The prophesies in this and the three following Chapter s respect Egypt; though they were not all delivered at the same time. See on chap. Ezekiel 31:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 our prophet, that Apries proudly and wickedly boasted of having established his kingdom so securely,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I WILL HAVE THEE THROWN, &C.— _And I will drag thee out,_ &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THEY TOOK HOLD OF THEE, &C.— _For when they took hold of thee, thou wast broken in their hand, and didst rend the hand of each of them. When they leaned upon thee thou breakest, and didst loose_ or _put out of joint all their shoulders._ Houbigant. Instead of, _By thy hand, s_ome read, _With th... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THE TOWER OF SYENE— _From Migdol to Syene._ Houbigant. _Syene_ was the last city in Egypt, going towards Ethiopia.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORTY YEARS— After the total defeat of Apries by the Cyreneans, in which so many Egyptians fell that the whole nation was enraged against their king, a civil war with Amasis followed, a conquest of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar, and another conquest of it by Cyrus. We learn from this passage during what p... [ Continue Reading ]
HER CITIES—SHALL BE DESOLATE, &C.— We cannot prove indeed, from heathen authors, that this desolation of the country continued exactly _forty years,_ though it is likely enough that this, as well as the other conquered countries, did not shake off the Babylonish yoke till the time of Cyrus; but we a... [ Continue Reading ]
PATHROS— _Delta,_ or _Thebais._... [ Continue Reading ]
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 prophesy; and the truth will appear by a short deduction of the history of Egypt from that time to... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH BRINGETH, &C.— _Prompting them to mischief when they took after them,_ &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN, &C.— Menander the Greek historian, Philostratus, and Josephus, all assert, that Nebuchadrezzar besieged Tyre thirteen years, when Ithobal was king there. The siege continuing so long, the soldiers must needs endure many hardships. Their heads were made _bald_ by continually wearing helme... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THAT DAY WILL I CAUSE THE HORN, &C.— That is to say, after the destruction of God's and his church's enemies, the kingdom and state of the Jews shall flourish again, particularly under the Messiah, as is more clearly foretold, chap. Ezekiel 34:23, &c. Ezekiel 37:21, &c. See also chap. Ezekiel 24:... [ Continue Reading ]