Ezekiel 29:1
IN THE TENTH YEAR, &c.: i.e.. year and two days after the siege of Jerusalem began (Jeremiah 39:1), and six months, less three days, before its fall. See notes on p. 1105. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE TENTH YEAR, &c.: i.e.. year and two days after the siege of Jerusalem began (Jeremiah 39:1), and six months, less three days, before its fall. See notes on p. 1105. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. PHARAOH. Namely, Pharaoh Hophra, called Apries by the Greeks. Compare Jeremiah 44:30. He besieged and captured Gaza (Jeremiah 47:1); attacked Zidon and encountered the prince of Tyre on the sea (Herodotus, ii. 161: compare 2 Kings 24:7; Jeremiah 46:2); and said,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. See note on Ezekiel 2:4. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. App-6. THE GREAT DRAGON. the great crocodile, to which Egypt was likened on Roman coins. Compare Isaiah 51:9, where "Rehab" is used of Egypt (Isaiah 30:7). MY RIVER. the Nile. I HAVE MADE IT.... [ Continue Reading ]
FISH. Symbols of Pharaoh's subjects... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL KNOW. See note on Ezekiel 6:7. A STAFF OF REED. This was by inciting Israel to resist and rebel against Assyria by promises of help which failed. See 2 Kings 18:21.Isaiah 20:5; Isaiah 20:6; Isaiah 30:6; Isaiah 30:7; Isaiah 31:3.Jeremiah 2:36;... [ Continue Reading ]
TO BE AT. STAND. to come to. stand, or to halt. Ginsburg thinks, to shake" (Isa 69:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL BRING. SWORD. This phrase is peculiar to Ezekiel. See Ezekiel 5:17; Ezekiel 6:3; Ezekiel 11:8; Ezekiel 14:17; Ezekiel 29:8; Ezekiel 33:2. In Leviticus it is: "I will draw out the sword after you". Compare Leviticus 26:33. MAN. Hebrew, _'adam_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Hebrew. _Seveneh._ Now _Assouan,_ in the south.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL. GATHER. Therefore they could not be the people known as gipsies. PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 restored; others were to be resuscitated. PATHROS. Upper, or Southern Egypt. HABITATION. nativity. BASE... [ Continue Reading ]
BASEST. lowest.... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _avah_. App-44. THEY SHALL KNOW, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SEVEN AND TWENTIETH YEAR. See the table, p. 1105.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEBUEBADREZZAR. CAUSED HIS ARMY, &c. That this was fulfilled is shown by Prof. Sayre, _The Egypt of the Hebrews_ (1896), p. 130, who quotes an inscription which describes this campaign, which took place (it says) in the thirty. seventh year of his reign. He defeated Pharaoh Amasis. For this spelling... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL GIVE. See note on Ezekiel 29:18, above. it shall be the wages. See the Structure on p. 1147.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH THE LORD GOD [is) Adonai Jehovah's oracle.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE MIDST. Compare Ezekiel 3:26; Ezekiel 3:27; Ezekiel 24:27.... [ Continue Reading ]