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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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 29:17

"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 Jehovah came unto me, saying, Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it. Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadnezzar king of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 29:17

17. The departure from the chronological order occurs here only, among the prophecies as to foreign nations, in order to secure greater unity of subject. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 29:17

Ezekiel received another message from the Lord about Egypt’s judgment on April 26, 571 B.C. (on his New Year’s day). [Note: Parker and Dubberstein, p. 28.] This was probably the second to the last recorded prophecy of Ezekiel, and the prophet would have been about 50 years old at this time (cf. Ezekiel 1:1-2). The writer evidently inserted this oracle in the text here to group it with the other prophecies against Egypt. Its placement here informs the reader that the destruction of Egypt... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 29:1-21

§ 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 were therefore probably written rather than spoken. Ezekiel 32:0 is dated in the year after the fall of Jerusalem, and Eze 29:17-21 belongs to a much later time. In chronological order the series includes (1) the destruction of the crocodile (Eze 29:1-16), (2) the invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadrezzar... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 29:1-32

§ 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 were therefore probably written rather than spoken. Ezekiel 32 is dated in the year after the fall of Jerusalem, and Ezekiel 29:17-21 belongs to a much later time. In chronological order the series includes (1) the destruction of the crocodile (Ezekiel 29:1-16), (2) the invasion of Egypt by... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 29:17-21

Egypt as Nebuchadrezzar’s Wages for the Siege of TyreThis is the latest of Ezekiel’s dated prophecies, and was uttered nearly sixteen years after the destruction of Jerusalem. Nebuchadrezzar’s siege of Tyre was now over, and had not ended so successfully as Ezekiel prophesied in Ezekiel 26-28. Ezekiel now proclaimed that Egypt would be substituted for Tyre as Nebuchadrezzar’s reward, and concluded with a promise of revival to Israel.17. The seven and twentieth year, the first month]... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 29:17

(17) In the seven and twentieth year.—This is the latest date among all Ezekiel’s prophecies, and is more than sixteen years after the prophecy of the former part of the chapter. This date corresponds with the thirty-fifth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign (see 2 Kings 25:2; 2 Kings 25:8), and, from Ezekiel 29:18, was evidently uttered after the close of the siege of Tyre. As that siege lasted thirteen years, it must have been begun at least as early as Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-second year, or... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezekiel 29:1-21

Ezekiel 29:21 Because the pulse seems to intermit, we must not presume that it will cease instantly to beat. The public must never be regarded as incurable. Burke, First Letter on a Regicide Peace. read more

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