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 before that in Ezekiel 33:21 (probably to maintain a smooth chronology). But there is no valid reason to do so.
CHAPTER XXXII _The prophet goes on to predict the fall of the king of Egypt,_ _under the figure of an animal of prey, such as a lion or_ _crocodile, caught, slain, and his carcass left a prey to th...
IN THE TWELFTH MONTH - About one year and seven months after the destruction of Jerusalem. In the meantime had occurred the murder of Gedaliah and the flight into Egypt of the Jews left behind by the...
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...
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...
THE TWELFTH YEAR. See the table on p. 1105. TWELFTH MONTH. About one year and. half after the fall of Jerusalem. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4....
The prophecy is dated the first of the twelfth month of the twelfth year, nearly a year and seven months after the fall of Jerusalem. Syr. reads _eleventh_year. Final prophecy against Pharaoh The ch...
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...
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 twelft...
THE TWELFTH YEAR.. THE TWELFTH MONTH] February-March, 584 b.c., almost a year and seven months after the fall of Jerusalem....
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...
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
IN THE TWELFTH YEAR. — This was one year and between six and seven months after the destruction of Jerusalem, and when, therefore, one great hindrance to Nebuchadnezzar’s march upon Egypt had been rem...
וַֽ יְהִי֙ בִּ שְׁתֵּ֣י עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה בִּ
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
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...
And it came to pass in the (a) twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came to me, saying, (a) Which was the first year of the general captivi...
_Twelfth. He counts from the captivity of Jechonias, as Sedecias reigned only eleven years. (Worthington)_...
CONTENTS This chapter is but a continuation of the former. The burden of it is still Egypt, for whom the Prophet is commanded to take up a lamentation....
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...
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...
AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE TWELFTH YEAR,.... Of Jeconiah's captivity, above a year and a half after the taking of Jerusalem; the Syriac version reads in the eleventh year: IN THE TWELFTH MONTH, IN TH...
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, Ver. 1. _In the twelfth month._] About a year and a h...
_In the twelfth year_ Namely, of Jehoiachin's captivity, about which time Amasis began to set up himself against the king of Egypt, concerning whom this prophecy is. _Son of man, take up a lamentation...
LAMENT OVER THE KING OF EGYPT...
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, after the carrying away of Jelioiachin, IN THE TWELFTH MONTH, IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, THAT THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING,...
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...
EZEKIEL CHAPTER 32 A lamentation for the fearful fall of Egypt, EZEKIEL 32:1. The sword of Babylon shall destroy it, EZEKIEL 32:11. It shall be brought down to hell among all the uncircumcised nations...
Ezekiel 32:1 twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 month H2320 first H259 month H2320 word H1697 LORD H3068 saying...
TWELFTH MONTH That is, March. Also (Ezekiel 32:17)....
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 than...
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....
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 32:1 This oracle repeats the call to “lament” (vv. Ezekiel 32:2, Ezekiel 32:16). The poe
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...
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 Ezeki
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...
Ezekiel 1:2; Ezekiel 29:1; Ezekiel 29:17; Ezekiel 30:20; Ezekiel 32:17
Twelfth year — Of the captivity of Jeconiah....