Eze 32:1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 1. In the twelfth month. ] About a year and a half after the city was taken. read more
Eze 32:2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou [art] as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. Ver. 2. Take up a lamentation, ] i.e., A lamentable prophecy, destructive to the Egyptians; and it is very likely that they heard of it but heeded it not; tanquam monstra marina Dei verba praetereuntes. Thou art like... read more
am 3417, bc 587 in the twelfth: On Wednesday, March 22, am 3417, the twelfth year of Jeconiah's captivity, about a year and half after the destruction of Jerusalem, and at a time when Pharaoh was in power and prosperity. Ezekiel 32:17, Ezekiel 1:2, Ezekiel 29:1, Ezekiel 29:17, Ezekiel 30:20 Reciprocal: Jeremiah 44:30 - I will Ezekiel 20:1 - in the seventh Ezekiel 24:1 - the ninth year Ezekiel 40:1 - In the five read more
take up: Ezekiel 32:16, Ezekiel 32:18, Ezekiel 19:1, Ezekiel 27:2, Ezekiel 27:32, Ezekiel 28:12, Jeremiah 9:18 Thou art like: Ezekiel 19:2-Joshua :, Ezekiel 38:13, Genesis 49:9, Numbers 24:9, Proverbs 28:15, Jeremiah 4:7, Nahum 2:11-1 Chronicles : and thou art as: Ezekiel 29:3, Psalms 74:13, Psalms 74:14, Isaiah 27:1, Isaiah 51:9 whale: or, dragon and troubledst: Ezekiel 34:18 Reciprocal: Genesis 1:21 - great Genesis 12:15 - princes Deuteronomy 22:8 - thou bring Jeremiah 46:8 - riseth... read more
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,Twelfth year — Of the captivity of Jeconiah. read more
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.Like a young lion — Spoiling all thou canst.Crocodile — The crocodiles lay in the rivers, though sometimes they went down the river to the sea.With thy rivers — Raisedst mighty armies, and didst lead them out against thy... read more
1. Twelfth year This is March, 584 B.C., a little more than a year and a half after Jerusalem’s ruin had been accomplished. The fall of the holy city has caused him to hear the sound of the falling empires which were her destruction. read more
2. R.V., “Thou wast likened unto a young lion… yet art thou as a dragon.” Pharaoh had thought himself to be the king of beasts, able to roam for prey in far-off countries; but he was in reality only a crocodile, confined to his own Nile stream. This was peculiarly cutting, since the Pharaoh loved to call himself “ruler of all lands,” and yet often in his inscriptions likened himself to a crocodile. (See also note Ezekiel 29:3.) Camest forth with thy rivers R.V., “breakest forth.” The... read more
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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 32:1-32
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