The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Two distinct messages: (1) From Ezekiel 30:1 a repetition of Ezekiel 29:1, with fuller details of lifelike distinctness. The date is probably not long after that mentioned in , "the seven and twentieth year, in the first month:" on the eve of Nebuch... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! WOE WORTH THE DAY! - i:e., Alas for the day!... [ Continue Reading ]
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. IT SHALL BE THE TIME OF THE HEATHEN - namely, for taking vengeance on them. The judgment on Egypt is the beginning of a world-wide judgment on all the pagan enemies of God (; Joel 2:1; Joel... [ Continue Reading ]
And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. GREAT PAIN SHALL BE IN ETHIOPIA - "pain," literally, pangs with trembling, as of a woman in childbirth.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. ALL THE MINGLED PEOPLE - the mercenary troops of Egypt from various lands, mostly from the interior of Africa (cf. ; ; ; ; ). CHUB - the people na... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. FROM THE TOWER OF SYENE - (see note, , and margin here, 'from Migdol to Syene').... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. THEY SHALL BE DESOLATE IN THE MIDST OF THE COUNTRIES THAT ARE DESOLATE - Egypt shall fare no better than those desolate countries ().... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD, WHEN I HAVE SET A FIRE IN EGYPT, AND WHEN ALL HER HELPERS SHALL BE DESTROYED._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. IN THAT DAY SHALL MESSENGERS GO FORTH FROM ME IN SHIPS, TO MAKE THE CARELESS ETHIOPIANS AFRAID - (Isaiah 18:1). The catar... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. I WILL ALSO MAKE THE MULTITUDE OF EGYPT TO CEASE - I will diminish the large population.... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE AND HIS PEOPLE WITH HIM, THE TERRIBLE OF THE NATIONS, SHALL BE BROUGHT TO DESTROY THE LAND: AND THEY SHALL DRAW THEIR SWORDS AGAINST EGYPT, AND FILL THE LAND WITH THE SLAIN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. I WILL MAKE THE RIVERS DRY - I will dry up the artificial canals made from the Nile for irrigation. The dry... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. I WILL DESTROY THE IDOLS ... OF NOPH - Memphis, the capital of Middle Egypt, and the s... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. I WILL MAKE PATHROS DESOLATE, AND WILL SET FIRE IN ZOAN - Pathros, Upper Egypt, with "No" or Thebes, its capital (famed for its stupendous buildings, of which grand ruins remain), in antithesis to "Zoa... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. I WILL POUR MY FURY UPON SIN - i:e., Pelusium, the frontier fortress on the northeast; therefore called "The strength (i:e., the key) of Egypt." It stands in antithesis to No or Thebes, at the opposi... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. NOPH SHALL HAVE DISTRESSES DAILY. Maurer translates, 'enemies during the day' - i:e., open enemies, who do not wait for the covert of night to make their attacks (cf. Jere... [ Continue Reading ]
The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. AVEN - meaning vanity or iniquity; applied by a slight change of the Hebrew name, to On or Heliopolis, in allusion to its idolatry. Here stood the temple of the sun, whence it was called in H... [ Continue Reading ]
At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. TEHAPHNEHES - called from the queen of Egypt, Tahpenes, and sister to the w... [ Continue Reading ]
_THUS WILL I EXECUTE JUDGMENTS IN EGYPT: AND THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
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, IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR, IN THE FIRST MONTH, IN THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE MONTH. Here begins the earlier vision, not long after that in Ezekiel 29:1, about thr... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. I HAVE BROKEN THE ARM OF PHARAOH - (, "The arms of the wicked shall be broken;" ). Referring to the defeat which Pharaoh-hop... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. AND WILL BREAK HIS ARMS - not only the 'one arm' broken already () was not to be healed, but the othe... [ Continue Reading ]