"Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee."
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Ezekiel 31:1. Pharaoh's greatness is described in the first part of
the chapter (Ezekiel 31:1). He is compared to the Assyrian, once so
powerful and proud. The fall and desolation of the proud monarch...
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THE DIRGE OVER PHARAOH. A dirge is now sung over Pharaoh, in which he
is likened, as before (Ezekiel 29:3), to a crocodile brutal and
turbulent; but Yahweh will catch him in His net, and hurl his huge...
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FILL. satisfy....
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_will leave thee_ Will CAST THEE DOWN; cf. Ezekiel 29:5. See Ezekiel
31:13; Ezekiel 39:17 _seq_....
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VI. DIRGE OVER PHARAOH 32:1-16
TRANSLATION
(1) And it Came to Pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in
the first day of the month that the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying, (2) Son of...
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Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the
open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon
thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with th...
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32:4 leave (e-4) Or 'scatter;' Psalms 94:14 , 'cast off.'...
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TWO LAMENTATIONS FOR PHARAOH AND EGYPT
This chapter consists of two prophecies, both dated more than a year
and a half after the capture of Jerusalem, and separated from each
other by a fortnight. In...
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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 32
A FUNERAL SONG FOR EGYPT – EZEKIEL 32:1-16
V1 God spoke to...
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וּ נְטַשְׁתִּ֣יךָ בָ † אָ֔רֶץ עַל
־פְּנֵ֥י הַ שָּׂדֶ֖ה אֲטִילֶ֑ךָ וְ
הִשְׁכַּנְתִּ֤י עָלֶ֨יךָ֙ כָּל...
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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 sixth prophecy followed the fifth after an interval of nearly two
years, but was closely associated with it, in that it consisted of a
lamentation for Pharaoh whose doom was first described as the...
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I cannot but believe, though the thing is not plainly revealed, that
the Lord hath in this place a spiritual meaning, and which is
principally intended by these scriptures. Surely Ezekiel ministry
wou...
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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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THEN WILL I LEAVE THEE UPON THE LAND,.... Like a fish that is drawn
out of the waters with a net or hook, and laid on dry land, and left
gasping and expiring, where it cannot long live:
I WILL CAST T...
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Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the
open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon
thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with the...
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_I will spread out my net over thee_, &c. I will bring thine enemies
upon thee, who shall encompass thee on every side, and master thee as
a wild beast or monstrous fish is taken in a net. _Then will...
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LAMENT OVER THE KING OF EGYPT...
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1-16 It becomes us to weep and tremble for those who will not weep and
tremble for themselves. Great oppressors are, in God's account, no
better than beasts of prey. Those who admire the pomp of this...
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LEAVE THEE UPON THE LAND; thy beaten army shall be slain: see EZEKIEL
29:5: it was literally fulfilled in the deserts of Libya, where the
slain of Hophra's army were left to be devoured by fowls and b...
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Ezekiel 32:4 leave H5203 (H8804) land H776 out H2904 (H8686) open
H6440 fields H7704 settle H7931 (H8689) birds H5775 heavens H8064 fill
H7646 (H8689) beasts H2416 earth H776
Ezekiel 29:5,...
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THE SIXTH ORACLE. A LAMENT OVER PHARAOH AND EGYPT (EZEKIEL 32:1).
The date of the oracle is March 585 BC. It follows the destruction of
Jerusalem. The versions vary, seeking to alter the date to befo...
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CONTENTS: Lamentation for Pharaoh and Egypt.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Pharaoh, Nebuchadrezzar.
CONCLUSION: Great potentates, if they be tyrannical and oppressive,
are in God's account no better tha...
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Ezekiel 32:2 _. _ _Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh,_
compose a funeral elegy for Egypt. Send out thy letters to Egypt as
Jeremiah wrote to Babylon, and give them a space for repentance....
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 32:1 This oracle repeats the call to
“lament” (vv. Ezekiel 32:2, Ezekiel 32:16). The poem is built
around the identification of Pharaoh as a “dragon” (v. Ezekiel
32:2), recalli...
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PROPHETIC DIRGES OVER EGYPT’S FALL (Chap. 32)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 32:1. “IN THE TWELFTH YEAR”—in the
twelfth year from the carrying away of Jehoiakin: Jerusalem was by
this time overthrown, an...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 32:1
IN THE TWELFTH YEAR, etc. March, B.C. 584, nineteen months attar the
destruction of Jerusalem. The two sections of the chapter, Ezekiel
32:1 and Ezekiel 32:17, belong to the s...
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Now in chapter 32, because this is his sad destiny, he takes up this
lamentation. A lamentation is a wailing or a crying for the Pharaoh.
You lament, or you wail.
And it came to pass in the twelfth y...
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1 Samuel 17:44; Ezekiel 29:5; Ezekiel 31:12; Ezekiel 31:13; Ezekiel
39:17; Ezekiel 39:4; Ezekiel 39:5; Isaiah 14:19; Isaiah 18:6; Isa
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Leave thee — This was literally fulfilled in the deserts of Lybia,
where the slain of Hophra's army, were left to be devoured by fowls
and beasts....