George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ezekiel 29:10
Tower; or rather (Calmet) Hebrew and Septuagint, "from Magdol to Syene." (Haydock) --- This was on the frontiers of Ethiopia, below the cataracts. (Pliny, [Natural History?] v. 9.)
Tower; or rather (Calmet) Hebrew and Septuagint, "from Magdol to Syene." (Haydock) --- This was on the frontiers of Ethiopia, below the cataracts. (Pliny, [Natural History?] v. 9.)
Verse Ezekiel 29:10. _FROM THE TOWER OF SYENE_] ממגדל מונה _mimmigdol seveneh_, "from Migdol to Syene." Syene, now called _Essuan_, was the last city in Egypt, going towards Ethiopia. It was famous fo...
FROM THE TOWER OF SYENE - Or, as in the margin, “Migdol” (“tower”) was about two miles from Suez. “Syene” was the most southern town in Egypt, on the borders of Ethiopia, in the Thebaid, on the easter...
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...
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...
FROM THE TOWER OF SYENE. from Migdol to Syene. Compare Ezekiel 30:6. THE TOWER. Migdol. See note on Exodus 14:2 for "Migdol", and compare Jeremiah 44:1. In the north of Egypt. OF SYENE. to Syene. Heb...
FROM THE TOWER OF SYENE— _From Migdol to Syene._ Houbigant. _Syene_ was the last city in Egypt, going towards Ethiopia....
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...
II. THE PRIZE OF EGYPT 29:7-21 TRANSLATION (17) And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (18) Son...
Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. I WILL MAKE THE...
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 p...
§ 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...
FROM THE TOWER OF SYENE] RM 'from Migdol to Syene,' and so in Jeremiah 30:6. The places named represent the N. and S. extremities of the country. Migdol was a town in Lower Egypt. Syene is the modern...
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 w
FROM THE TOWER OF SYENE. — The word here translated “tower” is a proper name, Migdol, a town, mentioned in Exodus 14:2, near Suez. Syene has in the original the affix denoting _towards,_ and the trans...
לָכֵ֛ן הִנְנִ֥י אֵלֶ֖יךָ וְ אֶל ־יְאֹרֶ֑יךָ ו
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
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...
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...
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...
BEHOLD, THEREFORE, I AM AGAINST THEE, AND AGAINST THY RIVERS,.... Against the king of Egypt, and against his subjects, the many people he ruled over; as the Lord is against spiritual Egypt, and the he...
_Behold, therefore I [am] against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste [and] desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia._ Ver. 10. _An...
_Behold, I am against thee and thy rivers_ Since thou hast opposed me, I will set myself against thee, and bring down the strength and glory of thy kingdom, wherein thou magnifiest thyself so much. _F...
THE DESTRUCTION OF PHARAOH'S POWER AND THE SUBSEQUENT RESTORATION OF EGYPT...
Behold, therefore I am against thee and against thy rivers, the chief source of Egypt's wealth, AND I WILL MAKE THE LAND OF EGYPT UTTERLY WASTE AND DESOLATE, literally, "I will give the land of Egypt...
UTTERLY WASTE: _ Heb._ wastes of waste SYENE: _ Heb._ Seveneh...
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 whi...
I AM AGAINST THEE: see EZEKIEL 28:22. THY RIVERS: see EZEKIEL 29:4. WASTE: see EZEKIEL 29:9. THE TOWER; thus, as a common name, we, and the French, and others read it; but some account it a
Ezekiel 29:10 rivers H2975 make H5414 (H8804) land H776 Egypt H4714 utterly H2721 waste H2723 desolate H8077 Migdo
THE ORACLES AGAINST EGYPT (EZEKIEL 29:1 TO EZEKIEL 32:32). This section of the book is composed of seven oracles issued against Egypt. The fact that there are seven is probably deliberate in order to...
“Therefore behold, I am against you and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation from Migdol to Seveneh (Syene) even to the border of Ethiopia. No foot of m...
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...
FROM THE TOWER Or, from Migdol to Syene. (Exodus 14:2); (Jeremiah 44:1)....
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,...
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...
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...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 29:9 A brief BECAUSE section (v. Ezekiel 29:9) repeats the accusation against Egypt from v....
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 29:10 The DESOLATION of Egypt, which lasts FORTY YEARS, reminds Egypt that God rules their future (see v. E
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...
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; Ez
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...
Exodus 14:2; Ezekiel 29:11; Ezekiel 30:12; Ezekiel 30:6; Habakkuk 3:8
Syene — Boundary between Ethiopia and Egypt; that is, all Egypt from north — east to south — west....