"And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries."
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Verse Ezekiel 29:12. _SHALL BE DESOLATE FORTY YEARS_] The country from
Migdol or Magdolan, which was on the isthmus between the Mediterranean
and the Red Sea, was so completely ruined, that it might w...
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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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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 t...
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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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And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the
countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are
laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the
E...
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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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SCATTER THE EGYPTIANS AMONG THE NATIONS. — Megasthenes and Berosus
state that Nebuchadnezzar on his conquest of Egypt, sent great numbers
of the people captive to Babylon; others doubtless, as in simi...
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וְ נָתַתִּ֣י אֶת ־אֶרֶץ֩ מִצְרַ֨יִם
שְׁמָמָ֜ה בְּ תֹ֣וךְ ׀ אֲרָצֹ֣ות
נְשַׁמֹּ֗ות וְ עָרֶ֨יהָ֙ בְּ תֹ֨וךְ...
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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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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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AND I WILL MAKE THE LAND OF EGYPT DESOLATE IN THE MIDST OF THE
COUNTRIES THAT ARE DESOLATE,.... As Judea and others, made desolate by
the king of Babylon:
AND HER CITIES AMONG THE CITIES THAT ARE LAI...
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And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the
countries [that are] desolate, and her cities among the cities [that
are] laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter th...
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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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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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This verse is a further repeated confirmation of what was said before,
and needs no new explication, every thing in it being already spoken
to in the former verses. AMONG THE NATIONS; some into captiv...
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Ezekiel 29:12 make H5414 (H8804) land H776 Egypt H4714 desolate H8077
midst H8432 countries H776 desolate H8074 (H8737) among H8432 cities
H5892 waste H2717 (H8716) cities H5892 desolate H8077 forty H...
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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; 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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Ezekiel 30:23; Ezekiel 30:7; Jeremiah 25:15; Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah
46:19...