The Sixth Oracle. A Lament Over Pharaoh and Egypt (Ezekiel 32:1-16 ). The date of the oracle is March 585 BC. It follows the destruction of Jerusalem. The versions vary, seeking to alter the date to before that in Ezekiel 33:21 (probably to maintain a smooth chronology). But there is no valid reason to do so. read more
The Oracles Against Egypt (Ezekiel 29:1 to Ezekiel 32:32 ). This section of the book is composed of seven oracles issued against Egypt. The fact that there are seven is probably deliberate in order to emphasise the divine completeness of the condemnation, for throughout the Near East seven was the number of divine perfection. Egypt was the great power to the south, as Assyria, Babylon and Persia were successively to the north. Except in very weak times, she had always seen the land of Canaan... read more
“Thus says the Lord Yahweh, I will throw my dragnet over you, with a large group of many peoples, And they will bring you up in my net. And I will leave you on the land, I will cast you out on the open field, And will cause all the birds of the air to settle on you, And I will satiate all the beasts of the earth with you. And I will strew your flesh on the mountains, And fill the valleys with your tossed out carcass. I will also water with your blood the land in which you swim, Even to the... read more
Ezekiel 32:1-Nehemiah : . The Dirge over Pharaoh.— A dirge is now sung over Pharaoh, in which he is likened, as before ( Ezekiel 29:3), to a crocodile— brutal and turbulent; but Yahweh will catch him in His net, and hurl his huge dripping carcase over mountain and valley, to be devoured by beasts and birds. Pharaoh, the brilliant luminary (the figure changes here), shall be extinguished; and other nations, when they behold Egypt’ s fate, shall tremble at the thought that the like may happen... read more
Leave thee upon the land; thy beaten army shall be slain: see Ezekiel 29:5; it was literally fulfilled in the deserts of Libya, where the slain of Hophra’s army were left to be devoured by fowls and beasts. Metaphorically it is gathering a mixture of people, soldiers, like ravenous birds and beasts. from all parts to spoil Egypt. To remain upon thee; they should not be removed till filled with the spoils of Egypt. The beasts of the whole earth; the foreign and mercenary soldiers shall be... read more
PROPHETIC DIRGES OVER EGYPT’S FALL (Chap. 32)EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Ezekiel 32:1. “In the twelfth year”—in the twelfth year from the carrying away of Jehoiakin: Jerusalem was by this time overthrown, and Amasis was beginning to revolt against Pharaoh-Hophra.Ezekiel 32:2. “Like a young lion and as a whale”—any monster of the waters: here the crocodile of the Nile. As a lion on dry land and a crocodile in the waters, Pharaoh is terrible alike by land and sea.Ezekiel 32:3. “I will spread my net”—the... read more
Chapter 32Now in chapter 32, because this is his sad destiny, he takes up this lamentation. A lamentation is a wailing or a crying for the Pharaoh. You lament, or you wail.And it came to pass in the twelfth year ( Ezekiel 32:1 ),So this was a year later from the previous prophecy. Actually, a year and six months later, eighteen months later.It came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, take up a... read more
Ezekiel 32:2 . Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh, compose a funeral elegy for Egypt. Send out thy letters to Egypt as Jeremiah wrote to Babylon, and give them a space for repentance. Say, the lion of the gentiles is coming against him. Herodotus in his second book, Euterpe, relates how Egypt fell successively under the power of Babylon, Persia, and Greece. Ezekiel 32:7-8 . I will cover the heaven and set darkness upon thy land. I will eclipse the sun, and all the stars of... read more
Eze 32:4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. Ver. 4. Then will I leave thee upon the land. ] As whales are sometimes left by an ebb, while they pursue lesser fishes. There was one so taken near Greenwich lately, a a piece of whose flesh was showed unto me. a In June 1658. read more
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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 32:1-32
The sixth prophecy followed the fifth after an interval of nearly two years, but was closely associated with it, in that it consisted of a lamentation for Pharaoh whose doom was first described as the taking of a dragon in the seas and casting him forth on the land. The effect of this downfall would be widespread, bringing desolation to his own land, supplying booty to other lands, and making men everywhere tremble in the presence of the judgment of Jehovah. This prophecy was uttered almost... read more