"But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt."
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Fourth prophecy against Egypt spoken three months before the capture
of Jerusalem Ezekiel 26:1, and three months after the prophecy of
Ezekiel 29:1. Meantime, Pharaoh-Hophra’s attempt on Jerusalem had...
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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 30. THE DESOLATION OF EGYPT. The interrupted denunciation of
Egypt is resumed. The neighbours and allies will be involved in her
ruin, which is to be effected by Nebuchadrezzar and his terribl...
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THEY SHALL KNOW, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:10....
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IV. THE FALL OF PHARAOH 30:20-26
TRANSLATION
(20) And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in
the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying, (21) S...
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§ 3. EGYPT (EZEKIEL 29-32)
The most of this series of prophecies against Egypt are connected with
dates during the siege of Jerusalem, the time when Ezekiel was silent
as a prophet of Israel. They wer...
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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 30
THE ATTACK ON EGYPT – EZEKIEL 30:1-19
V1 The *LORD spoke t...
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וְ הַחֲזַקְתִּ֗י אֶת ־זְרֹעֹות֙
מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל וּ זְרֹעֹ֥ות
פַּרְעֹ֖ה תִּפֹּ֑לְנָה וְֽ יָדְע֞וּ
כִּֽי ־אֲנִ֣י
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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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The third prophecy described the process by which Nebuchadnezzar would
accomplish the purpose of Jehovah. It opens with an introductory word
announcing the nearness of the day of the Lord, and foretel...
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But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of
Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD, (h)
when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Bab...
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The subject of Egypt takes up another sermon of the Prophet, and at a
distant period from the former; which may serve to teach us how sure
the word of the Lord is, and that no word gone out of his mou...
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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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BUT I WILL STRENGTHEN THE ARMS OF THE KING OF BABYLON,.... Which is
repeated for the sake of confirmation:
AND THE ARMS OF PHARAOH SHALL FALL DOWN: as when a man's arms are
broken; and he shall not b...
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But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of
Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD,
when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon...
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_It came to pass in the eleventh year_, &c. It seems this prophecy was
delivered soon after the Egyptian army had marched out of Egypt to
relieve Jerusalem when besieged by Nebuchadnezzar, but had ret...
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THE POWER OF PHARAOH DESTROYED...
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20-26 Egypt shall grow weaker and weaker. If lesser judgments do not
prevail to humble and reform sinners, God will send greater. God
justly breaks that power which is abused, either to put wrongs upo...
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These two foregoing verses are a repetition of God's threats against
Pharaoh, and of his promises to assist Nebuchadnezzar in the war, and
every thing plain in them. WILL STRENGTHEN; give the first st...
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Ezekiel 30:25 strengthen H2388 (H8689) arms H2220 king H4428 Babylon
H894 arms H2220 Pharaoh H6547 down H5307 (H8799) know H3045 (H8804)
LORD H3068 put H5414 (H8800) sword H2719 hand H3027 king H4428...
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THE FOURTH ORACLE AGAINST EGYPT (EZEKIEL 30:20). THE BREAKING OF
PHARAOH'S ARM.
The date of this oracle is April 587/6 BC and it opens by referring
back to the futile attempt by Pharaoh Hophra in the...
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CONTENTS: Egypt in the day of Jehovah. God against Pharaoh in the war
with Babylon.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Nebuchadnezzar, Pharaoh.
CONCLUSION: Nothing can protect a provoking people when God com...
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Ezekiel 30:5. _Ethiopia, Libya, and Lydia_ or Ludd. These allies of
Egypt fell alike under the Assyrians, justly called “the bloody
Assyrians.” The western shores of the Nile were then fertile
distric...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 30:20 The dates return in this fourth Egypt
oracle, locating this unit in April 587 B.C. This oracle contrasts the
weakness of Hophra’s forces with the might of Babylon.
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THE DOOM OF EGYPT (Chap. 30)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—This chapter contains two distinct messages:
Ezekiel 30:1 being an extension, with more life-like detail, of the
prophecy announced in chap. Ezekiel 29:...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 30:1
THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME AGAIN, etc. The section that follows, ending
with Ezekiel 30:18, is exceptional as standing without a date. It may
be either
(1) a continuation of...
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In chapter 30:
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Son of man, prophesy
and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! (Ezekiel
30:1-2)
So he is going around howling, "Wo...
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Ezekiel 29:16; Ezekiel 29:21; Ezekiel 30:19; Ezekiel 30:26; Ezekiel
32:15; Ezekiel 38:16; Ezekiel 38:23; Ezekiel 39:21; Ezekiel 39:22;...
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Will strengthen — As judges on the bench like Pilate, so generals in
the field, like Nebuchadrezzar, have no power but what is given them
from above....