Ezekiel 30:1-26

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-19

The prophecy of the destruction of Egypt is here very full and particular, as well as, in the general, very frightful. What can protect a provoking people when the righteous God comes forth to contend with them? I. It shall be a very lamentable destruction, and such as shall occasion great sorrow (Ezek. 30:2, 3): ?Howl you; you may justly shriek now that it is coming, for you will be made to shriek and make hideous outcries when it comes. Cry out, Woe worth the day! or, Ah the day! alas... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 30:20-26

This short prophecy of the weakening of the power of Egypt was delivered about the time that the army of the Egyptians, which attempted to raise the siege of Jerusalem, was frustrated in its enterprises, and returned re infectâ?without accomplishing their purpose; whereupon the king of Babylon renewed the siege and carried his point. The kingdom of Egypt was very ancient, and had been for many ages considerable. That of Babylon had but lately arrived at its great pomp and power, being built... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1

The word of the Lord came again unto me ,.... Whether this prophecy was delivered about the time of that in the former part of the preceding chapter, namely, in the tenth year, tenth month, and twelfth day of it; or whether about the time that was which is recorded in the latter part of the chapter, in the seven and twentieth year of Jehoiachin's captivity, is not easy to say; I am inclined to think it was about the time of the latter, since the time of the fulfilment of it is said to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:2

Son of man, prophesy and say, thus saith the Lord God ,.... Prophesy against Egypt's king and inhabitants, and in the name of the Lord thus speak against them: howl ye ; ye Egyptians, and also ye Ethiopians, and all others after named, which should share in the destruction of Egypt; this is said to give them notice of it, and prepare them for it: woe worth the day ! or, "alas for the day!" F4 הה ליום "bah diei", Munster, Vatablus; "heu diei", Cocceius, Starckius. O the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:3

For the day is near ,.... The day of Egypt's destruction, the time fixed for it: even the day of the Lord is near ; the day appointed by him, and in which he would make himself known by the judgments he executed: Kimchi observes, that, the same year this prophecy was delivered, Egypt was given into the hands of the king of Babylon: a cloudy day ; or; "a day of cloud" F5 יום ענן "dies nubis", V. L. Pagniaus, Montanus, Cocceius, Starckius. ; which was seldom seen in Egypt in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:4

And the sword shall come upon Egypt ,.... The sword of the Chaldeans shall come upon the Egyptians, by which they should be cut off; it having a commission from the Lord for that purpose: and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt ; Ethiopia being a neighbouring nation to Egypt, shall be in a panic when it shall hear of the sword of the Chaldeans being in Egypt, and of the ravages made by it, of the multitudes slain with it; fearing it will be their turn next... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:5

Ethiopia, Lybia, and Lydia ,.... Or, "Cush, Phut, and Lud". Cush and Phut were both sons of Ham, from whom Egypt is sometimes called the land of Ham; and Lud or Ludim was the son of Mizraim, the son of Ham, the common name of Egypt in Scripture, Genesis 10:6 . Cush is by us rendered Ethiopia; and is thought by some to be a part of Arabia, which lay near to Egypt. Phut and Lud are properly enough rendered Lybia and Lydia; and both these, with Ethiopia, are represented as the allies and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:6

Thus saith the Lord, they also that uphold Egypt shall fall ,.... That is, by the sword; either their allies and auxiliaries without, that supported the Egyptians with men and money; or their principal people within, their nobles that supported their state with their estates, their counsellors with their wisdom, their soldiers with their valour and courage: and the pride of her power shall come down ; or the power they were proud of, the dominion and grandeur they boasted of; the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:7

And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate ,.... Or among them, shall be ranked with them, and be as desolate as they are; as Judea and other countries, ravaged by the same enemy: and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted ; undergo the same fate as they have done, as Jerusalem and others. The cities of Egypt were very numerous; Diodorus Siculus F14 Bibl. l. 1. p. 19. says, that in ancient times Egypt had cities and villages... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:8

And they shall know that I am the Lord ,.... The Egyptians shall know the Lord to be the true God, and acknowledge him to be omniscient and omnipotent, that should so exactly foretell their destruction, and accomplish it: when I have set a fire in Egypt : a war there; the heat of battle, very devouring and consuming, as well as very grievous and terrible, as fire is. The Targum is, "when I shall give (or set) people that are strong as fire against Egypt;' the army of the Chaldeans: ... read more

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