エゼキエル書 29:17-20 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:17-20

The King of kings. By the very remarkable events here foretold, viewed in the light of the very remarkable interpretation which Ezekiel was inspired to add, we are taught some lessons of wider application and deeper interest than those which appear upon the surface of the prophet's writings. I. GOD IS OVER ALL . II. GOD USES ALL . 1. He has and directs his own instruments of work, kings and nations being at his service. 2. He has his own resources from which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:17-20

A New Year's gift to a king. There is a common proverb, that "he who gives quickly gives double." But this is not always true. A deferred gift is sometimes the best gift. God may to us seem to forget, but it is only seeming. The memory never fails, nor yet his good will. I. ROUGH WAR IS SOMETIMES SERVICE DONE FOR GOD . "They wrought for me, saith the Lord God." Men of delicate sensibility cannot understand how God can allow the rough business of war to serve his cause.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:18

Nebuchadnezzar , etc. The words carry us to the close of the thirteen years' siege of Tyro referred to in the notes on Ezekiel 28:1-26 ; and enable us to refer the commencement of that siege to the fourteenth year of Jehoiachin's captivity, circ. B.C. 586, two years after the destruction of Jerusalem. This agrees with the report of the Tyrian Annals given by Josephus ('Contra Apion,' Ezekiel 1:21 ), who gives the names of the kings of Tyro from Ithobal to Hirom, in the fourteenth year of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:19

Behold I give the land of Egypt , etc. For this disappointment, Ezekiel, writing, so to speak, the postscript which he incorporates with his earlier oracles, promises compensation. Egypt, as he had said seventeen years before, should be conquered, and its cities plundered, and so there should be wages enough for the whole thirteen years of fruitless labor in the siege of Tyre. In that labor, the prophet adds (Verse 20), they, though they knew it not, had been working out the will of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 29:17-21

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 Egypt should be the Chaldaean king, Nebuchadnezzar.Ezekiel 29:18Yet had he no wages - It is not improbable that the Tyrians before they surrendered their island-citadel managed to remove much of their treasure; but others exlplain the verse; that the siege and capture of Tyre is to be regarded as the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 29:17-18

Ezekiel 29:17-18. And it came to pass, &c. The new prophecy, which begins here, is connected with the foregoing, on account of its relating to the same subject, and not on account of its being the next revelation in time which Ezekiel had; for there is nearly seventeen years distance between the date of the foregoing prophecy and this; during which Egypt was torn to pieces by sedition and civil wars, which seems to be signified by the foregoing prophecy; and, the time then approaching... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 29:19-20

Ezekiel 29:19-20. 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, saith the Lord The destruction of cities and countries is a work of God’s providence, for the effecting of which he makes use of kings and princes as his instruments. Upon this account he calls Nebuchadnezzar his servant, Jeremiah 25:9, because he wrought for him, as it is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:17-21

Babylon’s victory over Egypt (29:17-21)A much later prophecy is put into the collection at this point, to show how God’s judgment on Egypt was carried out. The year was 571 BC (17).Babylon took thirteen years of hard work to conquer Tyre, and this left the Babylonian soldiers worn out. To make matters worse, they did not gain the profit they expected from the conquered city, because the people of Tyre had apparently shipped out much of their wealth during the thirteen years of siege (18).... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 29:17

the seven and twentieth year . See the table, p. 1105. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 29:18

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 ("Nebuchadrezzar ") see note on Ezekiel 26:4 . head was made bald. Probably from the helmet worn in so long a war. shoulder was peeled . From bearing arms so long. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:17-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:17-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 29:17-21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 29:17-18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 29:19-20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:17-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 29:17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 29:18

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