"And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it."
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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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And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall
know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and
I have made it.
THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD - in anti...
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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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BECAUSE HE HATH SAID. — Again, as in Ezekiel 29:6, the division of
the verses is very unfortunate. The expression “shall know that I am
the Lord,” so common in Ezekiel, always closes a train of though...
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וְ הָיְתָ֤ה אֶֽרֶץ ־מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ לִ
שְׁמָמָ֣ה וְ חָרְבָּ֔ה וְ יָדְע֖וּ
כִּֽי ־אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה יַ֧עַן...
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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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And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know
that I [am] the LORD: because he hath said, (f) The river [is] mine,
and I have made [it].
(f) Thus God cannot permit man to att...
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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 THE LAND OF EGYPT SHALL BE DESOLATE AND WASTE,.... Men few or none
being left in it, to till it, nor cattle found upon it:
AND THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD; by these judgments executed
upon...
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_And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall
know that I [am] the LORD: because he hath said, The river [is] mine,
and I have made [it]._
Ver. 9. _Because he hath said, The rive...
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_Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee_ This was fulfilled, first by
the civil wars which broke out in Egypt, and next by the invasion of
it by Nebuchadnezzar, who carried his victorious arms through...
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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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THE LAND OF EGYPT; that part here intended, say some, and in the 10th
verse, bounded from Syene to the borders of Ethiopia; nor is this
inconsistent with that EZEKIEL 29:2, against all Egypt, for all...
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Ezekiel 29:9 land H776 Egypt H4714 desolate H8077 waste H2723 know
H3045 (H8804) LORD H3068 said H559 (H8804) River H2975 made H6213
(H8804)
the land - Ezekiel 29:10-12, Ezekiel 30:7,...
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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 29:10; Ezekiel 29:3; Ezekiel 30:13; Ezekiel 30:7; Jeremiah
43:10; Proverbs 16:18; Proverbs 18:12; Proverbs 29:23...