Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 29:20
Verse Ezekiel 29:20. I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour] Because he fulfilled the designs of God against Tyre, God promises to reward him with the spoil of Egypt.
Verse Ezekiel 29:20. I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour] Because he fulfilled the designs of God against Tyre, God promises to reward him with the spoil of Egypt.
The prophet places this prediction out of chronological order, that he may point out what had not been stated in the foregoing prophecy, namely, that the agent who should strike the first blow on Egyp...
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...
EGYPT AND TYRE. This little oracle, the latest in the book (570 B.C.), is one of the most remarkable. It is a practical admission that Ezekiel's elaborate prophecy of the ruin of Tyre (Ezekiel 26 ff.)...
SAITH THE LORD GOD [is) Adonai Jehovah's oracle....
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...
I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD. I HAVE GIVEN HIM THE LAND OF EGYPT ... BECAUSE THEY WROUGHT FOR M...
29:20 it, (d-16) i.e. Tyre....
§ 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...
EGYPT AS NEBUCHADREZZAR'S WAGES FOR THE SIEGE OF TYRE This is the latest of Ezekiel's dated prophecies, and was uttered nearly sixteen years after the destruction of Jerusalem. Nebuchadrezzar's siege...
THEY WROUGHT FOR ME] Nebuchadrezzar and his army were God's instruments....
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
פְּעֻלָּתֹו֙ אֲשֶׁר ־עָ֣בַד בָּ֔הּ נָתַ֥תִּי לֹ֖ו...
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
TYRE Ezekiel 26:1, Ezekiel 29:17 IN the time of Ezekiel Tyre was still at the height of her commercial prosperity. Although not the oldest of the Phoenician cities, she held a supremacy among them wh...
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...
There was a long interval, even of seventeen years, between the first part of this chapter and the prophecy here delivered, and it should seem to have been the last of Ezekiel's prophecies. But there...
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...
I HAVE GIVEN HIM THE LAND OF EGYPT FOR LABOUR WHEREWITH HE SERVED AGAINST IT, That is, against Tyre; meaning not Nebuchadnezzar merely or only, but his army also, who did the main of the service and l...
I have given him the land of Egypt [for] his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 20. _I have given him the land of Egypt._] As the great Turk...
_He shall take her multitude, and take her spoil_ Nebuchadnezzar and his army shall have the captives and spoil of Egypt, which they shall utterly pillage and lay waste. _Because they wrought for me,...
I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor wherewith he served against it, namely, against Tyre, BECAUSE THEY, the Chaldean king and his army, WROUGHT FOR ME, SAITH THE LORD GOD....
THE CONQUEST AND SPOIL OF EGYPT...
FOR HIS LABOR: Or, for his hire...
17-21 The besiegers of Tyre obtained little plunder. But when God employs ambitious or covetous men, he will recompense them according to the desires of their hearts; for every man shall have his rew...
I HAVE GIVEN HIM; it is as sure as in his possession; thought he must fight for it, and it will cost blood, yet he shall surely have success. AGAINST IT; Tyre. THEY WROUGHT FOR ME; the proud, revengef...
Ezekiel 29:20 given H5414 (H8804) land H776 Egypt H4714 labor H6468 H5647 (H8804) worked H6213 ...
“Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and he will carry off large numbers of her people, and take her spoil and take her prey....
THE SECOND ORACLE AGAINST EGYPT (EZEKIEL 29:17). This is a late oracle introduced here, because it also refers to Tyre, so that it would not be too far from the Tyre oracles, and because it gives info...
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...
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...
_Because they wrought for Me._ SERVICE DONE FOR GOD REWARDED I. The disposal of states and nations is the work of Divine providence. 1. Do we examine this dispensation in reference to the authority...
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 29:17 This is the latest-dated oracle in the book, coming in April 571 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar’s siege of Tyre had ended with Tyre still in existence but subject to the Babylonians...
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...
2 Kings 10:30; Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 10:7; Isaiah 45:1; Jeremiah 25:9...
They — The Babylonians. For me — God's work was doing by them, tho' they thought nothing less....