Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 29:15
No more rule — Though in the times of the Ptolemeys, it was considerable, yet then, even then it did not rule the nations about her.
No more rule — Though in the times of the Ptolemeys, it was considerable, yet then, even then it did not rule the nations about her.
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...
BASEST. lowest....
IT SHALL BE THE BASEST OF THE KINGDOMS— By _base kingdoms_ is meant, that it should be tributary and subject to strangers, for the much greater part of the time. This is the purport and meaning of the...
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...
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...
_IT SHALL BE THE BASEST OF THE KINGDOMS; NEITHER SHALL IT EXALT ITSELF ANY MORE ABOVE THE NATIONS: FOR I WILL DIMINISH THEM, THAT THEY SHALL NO MORE RULE OVER THE NATIONS._ No JFB commentary on this...
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...
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
מִן ־הַ מַּמְלָכֹות֙ תִּהְיֶ֣ה שְׁפָלָ֔ה וְ ל
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...
Remark, I pray you, Reader, the blessedness of this promise. Egypt, as a Gentile nation, is to be gathered; and though ever after she is to be kept in the greatest humbleness, yea, as a base nation, b...
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 SHALL BE THE BASEST OF THE KINGDOMS,.... That belonged to the Persian monarchy, or to the Macedonian empire, being more kept under than the rest, lest it should regain its former strength and g...
It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. Ver. 15. _It shall be the ba...
_And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt_ This captivity of the Egyptians, though not taken notice of by Herodotus, is mentioned by Berosus, in one of the fragments of his history, quoted by Jos...
It shall be the basest of the kingdoms, instead of occupying the first position, to which it aspired; NEITHER SHALL IT EXALT ITSELF ANY MORE ABOVE THE NATIONS, FOR I WILL DIMINISH THEM THAT THEY SHALL...
THE DESTRUCTION OF PHARAOH'S POWER AND THE SUBSEQUENT RESTORATION OF EGYPT...
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...
THE BASEST; the most abject, debased, and most underling. It is likely the kings to whom Egypt was tributary kept them lowest, as knowing how dangerous that kingdom might be, as it recovered its ancie...
Ezekiel 29:15 lowliest H8217 kingdoms H4467 exalt H5375 (H8691) nations H1471 diminish H4591 (H8689) rule H7287 ...
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...
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...
“For thus says the Lord Yahweh, At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they have been scattered, and I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause the...
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....
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...
Daniel 11:42; Daniel 11:43; Ezekiel 17:14; Ezekiel 17:6; Ezekiel 30: