"Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterlyb waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia."
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Verse Ezekiel 29:10. _FROM THE TOWER OF SYENE_] ממגדל מונה
_mimmigdol seveneh_, "from Migdol to Syene." Syene, now called
_Essuan_, was the last city in Egypt, going towards Ethiopia. It was
famous fo...
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FROM THE TOWER OF SYENE - Or, as in the margin, “Migdol”
(“tower”) was about two miles from Suez. “Syene” was the most
southern town in Egypt, on the borders of Ethiopia, in the Thebaid, on
the easter...
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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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FROM THE TOWER OF SYENE. from Migdol to Syene. Compare Ezekiel 30:6.
THE TOWER. Migdol. See note on Exodus 14:2 for "Migdol", and compare
Jeremiah 44:1. In the north of Egypt.
OF SYENE. to Syene. He...
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FROM THE TOWER OF SYENE— _From Migdol to Syene._ Houbigant. _Syene_
was the last city in Egypt, going towards Ethiopia....
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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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Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I
will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower
of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
I WILL MAKE THE...
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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...
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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 was the 1...
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FROM THE TOWER OF SYENE. — The word here translated “tower” is a
proper name, Migdol, a town, mentioned in Exodus 14:2, near Suez.
Syene has in the original the affix denoting _towards,_ and the
trans...
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לָכֵ֛ן הִנְנִ֥י אֵלֶ֖יךָ וְ אֶל
־יְאֹרֶ֑יךָ וְ נָתַתִּ֞י אֶת ־אֶ֣רֶץ
מִצְרַ֗יִם לְ חָרְבֹות֙ חֹ֣רֶב...
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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
cherishing projects of universal dominion. Once more, as in the age of
I...
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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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_Tower; or rather (Calmet) Hebrew and Septuagint, "from Magdol to
Syene." (Haydock) --- This was on the frontiers of Ethiopia, below the
cataracts. (Pliny, [Natural History?] v. 9.)_...
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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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BEHOLD, THEREFORE, I AM AGAINST THEE, AND AGAINST THY RIVERS,....
Against the king of Egypt, and against his subjects, the many people
he ruled over; as the Lord is against spiritual Egypt, and the he...
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_Behold, therefore I [am] against thee, and against thy rivers, and I
will make the land of Egypt utterly waste [and] desolate, from the
tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia._
Ver. 10. _An...
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_Behold, I am against thee and thy rivers_ Since thou hast opposed me,
I will set myself against thee, and bring down the strength and glory
of thy kingdom, wherein thou magnifiest thyself so much. _F...
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THE DESTRUCTION OF PHARAOH'S POWER AND THE SUBSEQUENT RESTORATION OF
EGYPT...
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UTTERLY WASTE:
_ Heb._ wastes of waste
SYENE:
_ Heb._ Seveneh...
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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 whic...
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I AM AGAINST THEE: see EZEKIEL 28:22. THY RIVERS: see EZEKIEL 29:4.
WASTE: see EZEKIEL 29:9. THE TOWER; thus, as a common name, we, and
the French, and others read it; but some account it a proper nam...
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Ezekiel 29:10 rivers H2975 make H5414 (H8804) land H776 Egypt H4714
utterly H2721 waste H2723 desolate H8077 Migdol H4024 Syene H5482
border H1366 Ethiopia H3568
I will - Ezekiel 29:11, Ezekiel 30:12...
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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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FROM THE TOWER
Or, from Migdol to Syene. (Exodus 14:2); (Jeremiah 44:1)....
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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; Ezekiel 30:20; Ezekiel 3...
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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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Exodus 14:2; Ezekiel 29:11; Ezekiel 30:12; Ezekiel 30:6; Habakkuk 3:8;
Jeremiah 44:1; Jeremiah 46:14...
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Syene — Boundary between Ethiopia and Egypt; that is, all Egypt from
north — east to south — west....