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, IN THE TWELFTH YEAR, IN THE TWELFTH MONTH - the twelfth year from the carrying away of Jehoiakin; Jerusalem was by this time overthrown, and Amasis was be... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. PHARAOH - Phra in Burmah signi... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net. I WILL THEREFORE SPREAD OUT MY NET OVER THEE WITH A COMPANY OF MANY PEOPLE - namely, the Chaldeans (Ezekiel 29:3; ). MY NET - for the Chaldeans are my in... [ Continue Reading ]
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. THEN WILL I LEAVE THEE UPON THE LAND. As a fish drawn out of the water loses all its strength... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height. I WILL ... FILL THE VALLEYS WITH THY HEIGHT - thy hugeness (Fairbairn). The multitude of thy forces, on which thou pridest thyself, shall only be a great heap of corpses to fill the valleys with up to the sides of... [ Continue Reading ]
I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. I WILL ALSO WATER WITH THY BLOOD THE LAND WHEREIN THOU SWIMMEST - Egypt: the land watered by the Nile, the source of its fertility, wherein thou swimmest (carrying on the... [ Continue Reading ]
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. WHEN I SHALL PUT THEE OUT - when I shall extinguish thy light (). Pharaoh is represented as a bright star, at the extinguishing of whos... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF HEAVEN WILL I MAKE DARK OVER THEE, AND SET DARKNESS UPON THY LAND, SAITH THE LORD GOD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. I WILL ALSO VEX THE HEARTS OF MANY PEOPLE, WHEN I SHALL BRING THY DESTRUCTION AMONG THE NATIONS - i:e., when I shall bring the tidings of thy destruction... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall. YEA, I WILL MAKE MANY PEOPLE AMAZED AT THEE ... WHEN I SHALL BRA... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD; THE SWORD OF THE KING OF BABYLON SHALL COME UPON THEE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. NEITHER SHALL THE FOOT OF MAN TROUBLE THEM ANYMORE, NOR THE HOOFS OF BEASTS - (see note on ). The picture is ideally true, not to be... [ Continue Reading ]
Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD. THEN WILL I MAKE THEIR WATERS DEEP - rather, 'then will I make their waters to subside' [ 'ashqiya` (H8257)] - literally, 'to sink in the deep' (Fairbairn). AND CAUSE THEIR RIVERS TO RUN LIKE OIL -... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN I SHALL MAKE THE LAND OF EGYPT DESOLATE, AND THE COUNTRY SHALL BE DESTITUTE OF THAT WHEREOF IT WAS FULL,_ _ WHEN I SHALL SMITE ALL THEM THAT DWELL THEREIN, THEN SHALL THEY KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD. THIS IS THE LAMENTATION WHEREWITH THEY SHALL LAMENT HER - as in , the virtual meaning is, 'This is a p... [ Continue Reading ]
It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, IN THE TWELFTH YEAR - the same year as . The second lamentation for Pharaoh. This funeral dirge in imagination accompanies him to the unseen world. Egypt, personified in i... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. WAIL FOR THE MULTITUDE OF EGYPT, AND CAST THEM DOWN - i:e., predict that they shalt be cast down: so , "I h... [ Continue Reading ]
Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. WHOM DOST THOU PASS IN BEAUTY? - Beautiful as thou art, thou art not more so than other nations, which nevertheless have perished. GO DOWN, AND BE THOU LAID WITH THE UNCIRCUMCISED - "go down" to the nether world,... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. SHE IS DELIVERED TO THE SWORD - namely, by God. DRAW HER - as if addressing her executioners: drag her forth to death.... [ Continue Reading ]
The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. THE STRONG AMONG THE MIGHTY SHALL SPEAK HIM OUT OF THE MIDST OF HELL - (). Ezekiel has before his eyes , etc. SHALL SPEAK TO HIM - wi... [ Continue Reading ]
Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: ASSHUR IS THERE, AND ALL HER COMPANY: HIS GRAVES ARE ABOUT HIM - "her-his;" the abrupt change of gender is because Ezekiel has in view at one time the kingdom (feminine), at another the monarch... [ Continue Reading ]
Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living. WHOSE GRAVES ARE SET IN THE SIDES OF THE PIT. Sepulchres in the east were caves hollowed out of the rock, and the bodies... [ Continue Reading ]
There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. ELAM -... [ Continue Reading ]
They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the mids... [ Continue Reading ]
There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living. MESHECH, TUBAL - northern nations: the Moschi and Tibareni, between the Black and Caspian Seas. Herodotus (3:... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. YEA, THOU SHALT BE BROKEN - thou, too, Egypt, like them, shalt lie as one vanquished.... [ Continue Reading ]
There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. THERE IS EDOM ... AND ALL HER PRINCES - Edom was not only governed by kings, but by subordinate "prin... [ Continue Reading ]
There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. THERE BE THE PRIN... [ Continue Reading ]
Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. PHARAOH SHALL SEE THEM, AND SHALL BE COMFORTED - with the melancholy satisfaction of not being alone, but of having other kingdoms companions in his downfa... [ Continue Reading ]
For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD. FOR I HAVE CAUSED MY TERROR - the reading of the margin or Qeri' [ chitiytiy (H2851)]. The... [ Continue Reading ]