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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 29:1-7

Here is, I. The date of this prophecy against Egypt. It was in the tenth year of the captivity, and yet it is placed after the prophecy against Tyre, which was delivered in the eleventh year, because, in the accomplishment of the prophecies, the destruction of Tyre happened before the destruction of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar's gaining Egypt was the reward of his service against Tyre; and therefore the prophecy against Tyre is put first, that we may the better observe that. But particular... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:4

But I will put hooks in thy jaws ,.... The allusion is to fishhooks, which are taken by fishes with the bait into their mouths, and stick in their jaws, by which they are drawn out of the river, and taken. The king of Egypt being before compared to a fish, these hooks design some powerful princes and armies, which should be the ruin of Pharaoh; one of them, according to Junius and Grotius, was Amasis, at the head of the Cyreneans and Greeks; and another was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:5

And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee, and all the fish of thy rivers ,.... Where fish in common cannot live, but die as soon almost as out of the water, and on dry land, excepting those that are of the amphibious kind. This wilderness designs the deserts of Lybia and Cyrene, where the battle was fought between Hophra and Amasis; and where the Egyptian army perished, only their king, before compared to a crocodile, which lives on land, as well as in water, escaped. The... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 29:4

I will put hooks in thy jaws - Amasis, one of this king's generals, being proclaimed king by an insurrection of the people, dethroned Apries, and seized upon the kingdom; and Apries was obliged to flee to Upper Egypt for safety. I will cause the fish - to stick unto thy scales - Most fish are sorely troubled with a species of insect which bury their heads in their flesh, under their scales, and suck out the vital juices. The allusion seems to be to this. Pharaoh was the crocodile; the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 29:5

I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness - Referring to his being obliged to take refuge in Upper Egypt. But he was afterwards taken prisoner, and strangled by Amasis. Herod. lib. 2 s. 169. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:1-6

The doom of Egypt. I. AN INSPIRED PREACHER PROPHESIES CONCERNING A GREAT FOREIGN NATION . The Hebrew prophet did not confine his attention to the little strip of territory on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, which we call the Holy Land. He was God's messenger to the world. 1. The heathen are concerned with God ' s messages . God notices them and has intentions concerning them. Therefore: 2. It is the duty of the Church to make God ' s truth... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:1-6

Egypt: a guilty vaunt. Notwithstanding that Judah was now looking to Egypt for deliverance, Ezekiel uttered his strong and unqualified condemnation of that idolatrous power. The Hebrew prophet was always entirely unaffected by considerations of worldly policy. What is here energetically rebuked is the sinful pride of that self-sufficient people. "My river is my own. I have made it for myself," said the Egyptian "crocodile." Whether that tone be taken by Pharaoh or by the country over which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:1-12

The world-power doomed. The work of the prophet is clear and definite, He does not declare his own speculations, nor the conclusions of his own judgment. He can specify the day and the hour in which God makes known to him his supreme will. Nor is the work so pleasant to the flesh as to induce men to adopt it of their own accord. The true prophet has to set himself against wickedness everywhere, of every sort and kind. He has to forego all human friendships, if he will publish God's Word. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:3-5

Mightier than the mighty. It is ever the vocation of the prophet, and indeed of every religious teacher, to counteract the superficial views and to expose the worldly standards which too often obtain among men. In the time of Ezekiel there were certain States of great wealth, power, and renown, which men were wont to regard with feelings of reverence amounting to superstition. One office which he was called upon to discharge was to shake the confidence of men in the great secular... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:4-5

I will put hooks in thy jaws . So Herodotus (2. 70) describes the way in which the Egyptians caught the crocodile by baiting a large hook with swine ' s flesh. Jomard ('Description de l ' Egypt, ' 1.27) gives a similar account (comp. also Job 41:1 , Job 41:2 , though there the capture seems represented as an almost impossible achievement; probably the process had become more familiar since the date of that book). The fish that stick to the scales of the crocodile are, of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 29:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 29:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 29:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:3-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:4-5

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