Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 29:14
Pathros - The Thebaid or Upper Egypt, the original seat of the kingdom.
The land of their habitation - Rather, as margin, i. e., the home of the restored exiles.
Pathros - The Thebaid or Upper Egypt, the original seat of the kingdom.
The land of their habitation - Rather, as margin, i. e., the home of the restored exiles.
Verse Ezekiel 29:14. Into _THE LAND OF PATHROS_] Supposed to mean the _Delta_, a country included between the branches of the Nile, called Δ _delta_, from its being in the form of the Greek letter of...
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...
BRING AGAIN, &c. turn the fortunes, &c. See note on Deuteronomy 30:3, THE CAPTIVITY OF EGYPT or, the Egyptian captives. Note the discrimination shown in these prophecies. Some were never to be restor...
PATHROS— _Delta,_ or _Thebais._...
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...
And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. AND WILL CAUSE THEM...
29:14 birth, (b-26) Or 'origin,' see ch. 21.30....
PATHROS] Upper Egypt. For Ezekiel 29:17 see the end of the Section, after Ezekiel 32....
§ 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...
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...
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
THE LAND OF PATHROS. — Comp. Isaiah 11:11. Pathros is Upper Egypt, the Thebaid. In the following clause this is described as “the land of their birth” (_Marg._). According to ancient testimony and the...
וְ שַׁבְתִּי֙ אֶת ־שְׁב֣וּת מִצְרַ֔יִם וַ הֲש
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...
And I will bring again the captives of Egypt, and will cause them to return [into] the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a (g) base kingdom. (g) Meaning, tha...
Low. The Jews were not more tempted to apply to them for aid. (Calmet) --- Amasis strove to shake off the yoke: but Cambyses came and slew many. Psammenites killed himself; (Herodotus iii. 9.) or was...
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 I WILL BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY OF EGYPT,.... For what is done by men, under the direction and influence of divine Providence, is said to be done by the Lord, as this was, though by the means of...
And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return [into] the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. Ver. 14. _Into the...
_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...
and I will bring again the captivity and will cause them to return land of Pathros, that is, South or Upper Egypt, with Thebes as its capital, INTO THE LAND OF THEIR HABITATION, literally, "the land t...
THE DESTRUCTION OF PHARAOH'S POWER AND THE SUBSEQUENT RESTORATION OF EGYPT...
HABITATION: Or, birth BASE: _ Heb._ low...
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 CAPTIVITY; which Nebuchadnezzar led away into Babylon. THE LAND OF PATHROS; one province or country of Egypt; it was a southern part of Egypt. in which was the famous city Thebae or Thebais, known...
Ezekiel 29:14 back H7725 (H8804) captives H7622 Egypt H4714 return H7725 (H8689) land H776 Pathros H6624 land...
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...
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...
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...
_I Will bring again the Captivity of Egypt._ GOD’S DEALINGS WITH HEATHEN NATIONS 1. The goodness and mercy of God extend to heathens. He hath a care of them in their captivity, and after they have s...
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...
1 Chronicles 1:12; Ezekiel 30:14; Genesis 10:14; Isaiah 11:11;...
Pathros — The southern part of Egypt, in which was the famous city Thebae, known for its hundred gates. Their habitation — The ancient habitation of their fathers. A base — A low, tributary, dependent...