1-7 The judgment of Pharoh for his treachery to Israel 8-12 The desolation of Egypt 13-16 The restoration thereof after 40 years 17-20 Egypt the reward of Nebuchadnezzar 21 Israel shall be restored

A.M. 3415 B.C. 589 Eze 29:17 1:2 8:1 20:1 26:1 40:1

2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

set Eze 6:2 20:46 21:2 25:2 28:21,22

Pharaoh. This was Oharoh-hopra, or Apries, who, Herodotus informs us, agreeably to the character given him by the prophet, `proudly and wickedly boasted of having established his kingdom so securely, that it was not in the power of any God to dispossess him of it.' Jer 44:30

against all Eze 30:1-32:32 Isa 18:1-19:17 20:1-6 Jer 9:25,26 25:18,19 43:8-13 46:2-16 Joe 3:19 Zec 14:18,19

3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

I am Eze 29:10 28:22 Ps 76:7 Jer 44:30 Na 1:6

the great Eze 32:2 Ps 74:13,14 Isa 27:1 51:9 Re 12:3,4,16,17 13:2,4,11 16:13 20:2

My river Eze 29:9 28:2 De 8:17 Isa 10:13,14 Da 4:30,31

4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

I will put Eze 38:4 2Ki 19:28 Job 41:1,2 Isa 37:29 Am 4:2

the fish Hab 1:14,15

5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

I will leave Eze 31:18 32:4-6 39:4-6,11-20 Ps 110:5,6 Jer 8:2 16:4 25:33

open fields [heb] face of the field
I have 1Sa 17:44 Ps 74:14 Jer 7:33 34:20 Re 19:17,18

6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

know Eze 28:22-24,26 Ex 9:14 14:18

a staff 2Ki 18:21 Isa 20:5,6 30:2-7 31:1-3 36:6 Jer 2:36 La 4:17

7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

they took Eze 17:15-17 Jer 37:5-11

thou didst Ps 118:8,9 146:3,4 Pr 25:19 Jer 17:5,6

8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

I will Eze 29:19,20 14:17 30:4,10 Jer 46:13

cut Eze 25:13 32:10-13 Ge 6:7 Ex 12:12 Jer 7:20 32:43

9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.

the land Eze 29:10-12 30:7,13-17 Jer 43:10-13

because Eze 29:3 Pr 16:18 18:12 29:23

10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

I will Eze 29:11 30:12 Hab 3:8

utterly waste [heb] wastes of waste
from the tower of. from Migdol to Eze 30:6-9 Ex 14:2 Jer 44:1 46:14

Syene. [heb] Seveneh. Now Essuan, situated at the southern extremity of Egypt, ( as Migdol was at the northern,) on the confines of Ethiopia, near the tropic of Cancer, and about lat. 24 deg N. long 32 deg E.

11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

foot of man Eze 20:10-13 31:12 32:13 33:28 36:28 Jer 43:11

forty 2Ch 36:21 Isa 23:15,17 Jer 25:11,12 29:10 Da 9:2

12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

desolate in Eze 30:7 Jer 25:15-19 27:6-11

and I will scatter We learn from Berosus that Nebuchadnezzar sent several captive Egyptians to Babylon; and from Megasthenes, that he transplanted others to Pontus; and it is probable, that at the dissolution of the Babylonian empire, about forty years after, Cyrus permitted them to return to their native country. Eze 30:23 Jer 46:19

13 Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:

At the Isa 19:22 Jer 46:26

14 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.

Pathros Isa 19:22 Jer 46:26

15 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.

the basest Eze 17:6,14 30:13 Zec 10:11

rule Eze 31:2 32:2 Da 11:42,43 Na 3:8,9

16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

The confidence Eze 29:6,7 17:15-17 Isa 20:5 30:1-6 31:1-3 36:4-6 Jer 2:18,19,36,37 37:5-7 La 4:17 Ho 5:13 7:11 12:1 14:3

bringeth Eze 21:23 Nu 5:15 1Ki 17:18 Ps 25:7 79:8 Isa 64:9 Jer 14:10 Ho 8:13 9:9 Heb 10:3,17 Re 16:19

but Eze 29:6,9,21 28:22-24,26

17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

A.M. 3432 B.C. 572

18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

Nebuchadrezzar Eze 26:7-12 Jer 25:9 27:6

a great Nebuchadnezzar was thirteen years employed in the siege. During this long siege, the soldiers must have endured great hardships; their heads would become bald by constantly wearing their helmets; and their shoulders be peeled by carrying materials to and from the works.

yet Jerome asserts, on the authority of the Assyrian histories, that when the Trojans saw their city must fall, they put their most valuable effects on board their ships, and fled with them to the islands, and their colonies, `so that the city being taken, Nebuchadnezzar found nothing worthy of his labour.'

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

I will Eze 29:8-10 30:10-12 Jer 43:10-13

take her spoil, and take her pray [heb] spoil her spoil and prey her prey.

20 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.

labour. or, hire
served 2Ki 10:30 Isa 10:6,7 45:1-3 Jer 25:9

21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

I cause Eze 28:25,26 1Sa 2:10 Ps 92:10 112:9 132:17 148:14 Isa 27:6 Jer 23:5 Lu 1:69

the opening Eze 3:26 24:27 33:22 Ps 51:15 Am 3:7,8 Lu 21:15 Col 4:3,4

they shall know Eze 29:6,9,16