Ezekiel 29:13-16 ESV

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 29:13

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 29:13

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:8-16

God's frown, a chill of death. Men have very erroneous ideas of God when they think lightly of making him their foe. They have a vague idea that he is as impotent as one of their idols. Did they but know the magnitude of his power, and his complete supremacy over human affairs, they would feel that his frown was blackest death. The fruits of God's hostility are— I. DISASTROUS WAR . "I will bring a sword upon thee." It would not be true to say that God takes part in every war. In... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:13

At the end of forty years . The restoration described may probably be connected with the policy of the Persian kings. There may have been a parallel, as regards Egypt, to the return of the Jewish exiles under Cyrus and his successors, though it has not left its mark on history. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:13-16

Light out of darkness, The case of Egypt was very different from that of Tyre. For inscrutable reasons, Tyre was destined to destruction, and Egypt to recovery and revival. The destruction of one city occupying a rock upon the seashore was the extinction of Tyre. Egypt was a vast territory, peopled by a widespread and prolific race; it might be humiliated, but could not easily be politically annihilated. The fortunes of the land of the Pharaohs were gloomy in the immediate future; but the... read more

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

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 29:13

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:8-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 29:13-16

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