Ezekiel 29:11-16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 29:8-16

This explains the foregoing prediction, which was figurative, and looks something further. Here is a prophecy, I. Of the ruin of Egypt. The threatening of this is very full and particular; and the sin for which this ruin shall be brought upon them is their pride, Ezek. 29:9. They said, The river is mine and I have made it; therefore their land shall spue them out. 1. God is against them, both against the king and against the people, against thee and against thy rivers. Waters signify people... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:11

No foot of man shall pass through it ,.... This must be understood not strictly, but with some limitation; it cannot be thought that Egypt was so depopulated as that there should not be a single passenger in it; but that there should be few inhabitants in it, or that there should be scarce any that should come into it for traffic; it should not be frequented as it had been at least there should be very few that travelled in it, in comparison of what had: no foot of beast shall pass... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:12

And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate ,.... As Judea and others, made desolate by the king of Babylon: and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years ; such as Thebes, Sais, Memphis, and others; which should share the same fate as Jerusalem and other principal cities in other countries, which fell into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:13

Yet thus saith the Lord God, at the end of forty years ,.... Reckoning from its devastation by Nebuchadnezzar to the taking of Babylon by Cyrus: will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered ; from Babylon, and other places; Cyrus very probably being stirred up by the Lord to proclaim liberty to the Egyptians, as he did to the Jews, to return to their own land; and at the same time restored Amasis to the quiet possession of his kingdom, who must be still alive;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:14

And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt ,.... For what is done by men, under the direction and influence of divine Providence, is said to be done by the Lord, as this was, though by the means of Cyrus: and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros ; which was a part of the land of Egypt; perhaps so called from Pathrusim, the son of Mizraim, from whom Egypt had its name, Genesis 10:14 . Bochart takes it to be Thebais, a principal country in Egypt: into the land of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:15

And it shall be the basest of the kingdoms ,.... That belonged to the Persian monarchy, or to the Macedonian empire, being more kept under than the rest, lest it should regain its former strength and glory; though it became more famous in the times of some of the Ptolemies, yet never recovered its former greatness; and is now exceeding base indeed, as appears from the preceding note: neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations ; so as to conquer them, and make them tributary... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:16

And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel ,.... It having been treacherous to them, and moreover subdued by the Chaldeans, the Jews, even after their return from captivity, put no more confidence in them; it being now become as it is here prophesied it would, the basest of the kingdoms, more weak, and in a more abject state, than the rest, and so despised by its neighbours, as it was by the Jews: which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 29:12

Shall be desolate forty years - The country from Migdol or Magdolan, which was on the isthmus between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, was so completely ruined, that it might well be called desert; and it is probable that this desolation continued during the whole of the reign of Amasis, which was just forty years. See Herod. lib. 3 c. 10; and see Calmet. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 29:13

Will I gather the Egyptians - It is probable that Cyrus gave permission to the Egyptians brought to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, to return to their own country. And if we reckon from the commencement of the war against Pharaoh-hophra by Nebuchadnezzar, to the third or fourth year of Cyrus, the term will be about forty years. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 29:14

Into the land of Pathros - Supposed to mean the Delta, a country included between the branches of the Nile, called Δ delta , from its being in the form of the Greek letter of that name. It may mean the Pathrusim, in Upper Egypt, near to the Thebaid. This is most likely. Shall be there a base kingdom - That is, it shall continue to be tributary. It is upwards of two thousand years since this prophecy was delivered, and it has been uninterruptedly fulfilling to the present hour. ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 29:8-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 29:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 29:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 29:14

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