Ezekiel 29:3-5 NIV

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 29:3

Speak, and say, thus saith the Lord God ,.... The one only, living, and true God, the almighty, eternal, and unchangeable Jehovah, which the gods of Egypt were not: behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt ; who, though so great a king, was not a match for God, yea, nothing in his hands; nor could he stand before him, or contend with him; or, I am above thee F25 עליך "super te", Montanus. ; though the king of Egypt was so high above others, and thought so highly of... 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 29:3

The great dragon - התנים hattannim should here be translated crocodile, as that is a real animal, and numerous in the Nile; whereas the dragon is wholly fabulous. The original signifies any large animal. The midst of his rivers - This refers to the several branches of the Nile, by which this river empties itself into the Mediterranean. The ancients termed them septem ostia Nili , "the seven mouths of the Nile." The crocodile was the emblem of Egypt. 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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 29:3

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 29:3

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

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