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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 30:20-26

This short prophecy of the weakening of the power of Egypt was delivered about the time that the army of the Egyptians, which attempted to raise the siege of Jerusalem, was frustrated in its enterprises, and returned re infectâ?without accomplishing their purpose; whereupon the king of Babylon renewed the siege and carried his point. The kingdom of Egypt was very ancient, and had been for many ages considerable. That of Babylon had but lately arrived at its great pomp and power, being built... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:20

And it came to pass in the eleventh year ,.... Of Zedekiah's reign, and Jehoiachin's captivity; some little time after the prophecy in Ezekiel 19:1 , here the prophecies come into their order again, being interrupted by those of a much later date, at the end of the preceding chapter, and the former part of this: in the first month, in the seventh day of the month ; the month Nisan, which answers to part of March, and part of April; the seventh day must be about the twenty ninth of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:21

Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt ,.... Not Pharaohnecho, king of Egypt, whose army was overthrown at Carchemish by the king of Babylon, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim; when the latter took from the former all that belonged to him between the river of Egypt and the river Euphrates; by which he was so weakened and dispirited, that he could not stir any more out of his own land, Jeremiah 46:2 and of him Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it; but Pharaohhophra, or Apries,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:22

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt ,.... The then present king of Egypt, whose name was Hophra or Apries, Jeremiah 44:30 , and I will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken : both his arms, the sound and the broken one, his whole power, strength, and dominion; meaning that that part of his kingdom which lay between the two rivers of Egypt and Euphrates, that had been taken away by the king of Babylon, should remain so; and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:23

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations ,.... Among the several provinces of Babylon, and other places, where the Chaldeans should carry or send them: and will disperse them through the countries : the same thing repeated in different words for the confirmation of it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:24

And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon ,.... Give him a commission to make war; direct his councils; supply him with all necessaries; animate and encourage his soldiers; and give him success in all his enterprises: and put my sword in his hand ; which confirms the above sense, that he should have power and authority from the Lord to attack the king of Egypt, and should gain a victory over him; since it was not his own sword he drew, but the sword of the Lord of hosts;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:25

But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon ,.... Which is repeated for the sake of confirmation: and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down : as when a man's arms are broken; and he shall not be able to lift them up and defend himself: and they shall know that I am the Lord ; namely, the Egyptians, as in Ezekiel 30:19 , when I shall have put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out on the land of Egypt ; that is, when he shall have a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:26

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries ,.... Of which they might assure themselves, since the Lord had before spoken it, and here again repeats it: and they shall know that I am the Lord ; whose name alone is Jehovah, and does whatsoever he pleases; sets up kings, and puts them down; strengthens and weakens kingdoms just as seems good in his sight; none having any power but what is given by him, and which he can take away when he thinks... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 30:20

In the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day - This was the eleventh year of the captivity of Jeconiah, and the date here answers to April 26, A.M. 3416; a prophecy anterior by several years to that already delivered. In collecting the writings of Ezekiel, more care was taken to put all that related to one subject together, than to attend to chronological arrangement. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 30:21

I have broken the arm of Pharaoh - Perhaps this may refer to his defeat by Nebuchadnezzar, when he was coming with the Egyptian army to succor Jerusalem. read more

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