Ezekiel 29:18

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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 29:18-19

Ezekiel 29:18-19. Son of man, &c.— Menander the Greek historian, Philostratus, and Josephus, all assert, that Nebuchadrezzar besieged Tyre thirteen years, when Ithobal was king there. The siege continuing so long, the soldiers must needs endure many hardships. Their heads were made bald by continually wearing helmets, and their skin was worn off their shoulders with carrying earth in baskets to raise fortifications; whence we understand better the force of Ezekiel's expression, that... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 29:18

18. every head . . . bald, . . . shoulder . . . peeled—with carrying baskets of earth and stones for the siege works. no wages . . . for the service—that is, in proportion to it and the time and labor which he expended on the siege of Tyre. Not that he actually failed in the siege (JEROME expressly states, from Assyrian histories, that Nebuchadnezzar succeeded); but, so much of the Tyrian resources had been exhausted, or transported to her colonies in ships, that little was left to compensate... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 29:17-21

2. The consummation of Egypt’s judgment 29:17-21 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 29:18

The Lord revealed to Ezekiel that Nebuchadnezzar, as Yahweh’s instrument of judgment, had worked hard at defeating Tyre. "Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare" describes the chafing of helmets and the carrying of burdens for the siege-works. The siege of Tyre took 13 years (ca. 586-573 B.C.). However, Nebuchadnezzar received little compensation for his labor; the spoil he took was hardly worth all the time and effort he expended."In ancient times armies were not paid as... 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 29:18

(18) Yet had he no wages.—The siege of Tyre is here represented as a service to God, for which Nebuchadnezzar had not yet received his reward. This is quite in accordance with the whole Scriptural representation of that monarch, as a man raised up to execute God’s judgments. He was himself unconscious of this, and yet did that which had been foretold—a striking instance that “there is a God in history.” It has been argued from this verse, and from the fact that there is no especial mention in... 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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