Ezekiel 30:14

And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. I WILL MAKE PATHROS DESOLATE, AND WILL SET FIRE IN ZOAN - Pathros, Upper Egypt, with "No" or Thebes, its capital (famed for its stupendous buildings, of which grand ruins remain), in antithesis to "Zoan" or Tanis, a chief city in Lower Egypt, within the Delta....

1-19 The prophecy of the destruction of Egypt is very full. Those who take their lot with God's enemies, shall be with them in punishment. The king of Babylon and his army shall be instruments of this destruction. God often makes one wicked man a scourge to another. No place in the land of Egypt shall escape the fury of the Chaldeans. The Lord is known by the judgments he executes. Yet these are only present effects of the Divine displeasure, not worthy of our fear, compared with the wrath to come, from which Jesus delivers his people....

Verse Ezekiel 30:14. _I WILL MAKE PATHROS DESOLATE_] See the preceding chapter, Ezekiel 29:14. _ZOAN_] _Tanis_, the ancient capital of Egypt. _NO._] _Diospolis_, or _Thebes_, the city of Jupiter....

ZOAN - Tanis, a city and nome of Lower Egypt Numbers 13:22. See the marginal reference note. NO - Diospolis. See the marginal reference note....

EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 30:1 THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME AGAIN, etc. The section that follows, ending with Ezekiel 30:18, is exceptional as standing without a date. It may be either (1) a continuation of the prophecy in Ezekiel 29:17, and so belong to the latest years of Ezekiel's work; or (2) that prophecy may be regarded as standing by itself—a parenthesis inserted at a later date, so that we go back to the earlier word of the Lord in Ezekiel 29:1. Jerome, Havernick, Hitzig, Rosenmüller, Kliefoth, and others are in favor of the former

AND I WILL MAKE PATHROS DESOLATE,.... A country in Egypt; Ezekiel 29:14, perhaps it was the first place that Nebuchadnezzar entered, and so went from place to place in the order hereafter mentioned: AND I WILL SET FIRE IN ZOAN; or Tunis, a famous city in Egypt in the times of Moses, Numbers 13:22. The Targum and Septuagint version call it Tanis here; and from hence a nome in Egypt was called the Tanitic nome. This city was burnt down by the king of Babylon: the place now built on the spot is called Mansourah, as Dr. Shaw w says: AND I WILL EXECUTE JUDGMENT IN NO. The Vulgate Latin version renders it Alexandria; and so does the Targum; of which place Jarchi, Kimchi, and Ben Melech interpret it; and so does Jerom; which, though built after these times by

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 defeated King Josiah at Meggido 2 Chronicles 35:20. King Zedekiah of Judah expected help and relief from Pharaoh-Hophra, when Jerusalem was besieged. The Egyptian army under Hophra advanced through Phoenicia and forced the Chaldeans to raise the siege of Jerusalem Jeremiah 37:5. But the relief was only temporary, for the Egyptian army had to retire. The prophet Jeremiah announced also the doom of Hophra, associating it with Zedekiah's doom: “Thus saith the LORD, Behold I will give Pharaoh-Hophra, King of Egypt,

EZEKIEL 30. THE DESOLATION OF EGYPT. The interrupted denunciation of Egypt is resumed. The neighbours and allies will be involved in her ruin, which is to be effected by Nebuchadrezzar and his terrible army (Ezekiel 30:1). (In Ezekiel 30:5, for Put and Lud see Ezekiel 27:10: for mingled people read Arabians. For Cub, read Lub = Lybians; and for the next clause read the Cretans.) The collapse of Egypt is then described in detail, the towns which are singled out for special mention being all of religious, political, or military importance (Ezekiel 30:13). (In...

PATHROS. Upper, or Southern Egypt. ZOAN. Tanis: now San; an ancient Egyptian city in Lower Egypt (Numbers 13:22.Psalms 78:12; Psalms 78:12). See note on Isaiah 30:4. NO. No Ammon. Now Thebes (Nahum 3:8). Compare Jeremiah 46:25....

PATHROS—ZOAN— _Delta,_ or _Thebais—Tanis. No_] _Diospolis,_ or _Thebes._ Boch....