And it came to pass in the (a) twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in
the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came to me,
saying,
(a) Which was the first year of the general captivity under Zedekiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 rivers, and
didst (c) trouble the waters with thy feet, and didst foul their
rivers.
(b) Thus the scr... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys (d)
with thy height.
(d) With heaps of the carcass of your army.... [ Continue Reading ]
I will also water with thy blood the land in which thou (e) swimmest,
[even] to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
(e) As the Nile overflows in Egypt, so will I make the blood of your
host overflow it.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 a candle is put out.... [ Continue Reading ]
All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set
(g) darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
(g) By this manner of speech is meant the great sorrow that will be
for the slaughter of the king and his people.... [ Continue Reading ]
By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the
terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall lay waste the (h)
pomp of Egypt, and all its multitude shall be destroyed.
(h) This came to pass in less than four years after this prophecy.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then will I make (i) their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run
like oil, saith the Lord GOD.
(i) That is, of the Chaldeans your enemies, who will quietly enjoy all
your conveniences.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and (k) cast them down,
[even] her, and the daughters of the famous nations, to the lower
parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
(k) That is, prophecy that they will be cast down: thus the Lord gives
his prophets power both to plant and... [ Continue Reading ]
Whom dost thou pass (l) in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the
uncircumcised.
(l) Have not other kingdoms more beautiful than you perished?... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall fall in the midst of [them that are] slain by the sword:
(m) she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
(m) That is, Egypt.... [ Continue Reading ]
The strong among the mighty shall speak to (n) him out of the midst of
the grave with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie
uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
(n) To make the matter more sensible, he brings in Pharaoh whom the
dead will meet and marvel at him, read (Isaiah 14:9).... [ Continue Reading ]
There [is] (o) Elam and all her multitude around her grave, all of
them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into
the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of
the (p) living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down
to the pit.
(o) Meanin... [ Continue Reading ]
There [is] (q) Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves [are]
around him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they
caused their terror in the land of the living.
(q) That is, the Capadocians and Italians or Spaniards, as Josephus
writes.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall not lie with the mighty [that are] fallen (r) of the
uncircumcised, who are gone down to the grave with their weapons of
war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their
iniquities shall be upon their bones, though [they were] the terror of
the mighty in the land of t... [ Continue Reading ]
There [are] the princes of the (s) north, all of them, and all the
Zidonians, who are gone down with the slain; with their terror they
are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with [them that
are] slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down
to the pit.
(s) The king... [ Continue Reading ]
Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be (t) comforted over all his
multitude, [even] Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith
the Lord GOD.
(t) As the wicked rejoice when they see others partakers of their
miseries.... [ Continue Reading ]
For I have caused my (u) terror in the land of the living: and he
shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with [them that are]
slain with the sword, [even] Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the
Lord GOD.
(u) I will make the Egyptians afraid of me, as they caused others to
fear them.... [ Continue Reading ]