Commentary on Ezekiel 29:1-11
Judgment of Egypt 29:1  In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of Yehuveh came unto me, saying, 29:2  Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: 29:3  Speak, and say, Thus saith Yehuveh Elohim; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. 29:4  But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. 29:5  And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. 29:6  And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Yehuveh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 29:7  When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand. 29:8  Therefore thus saith Yehuveh Elohim; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. 29:9  And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am Yehuveh: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. 29:10  Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. 29:11  No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
Commentary on 29:1-11 [16 January 2008]:  Th Commentary on 29:6 [16 September 2007]: Regarding the expression “shall know that I am Yehuveh” see notes on Ezekiel 6:10. Gael Bataman Originally Written:             16 January 2008 Latest Update:                   16 January 2008     Return to Zadok Home            Continue . . .     Return One Page        Go to Ezekiel Introduction        Go to Historical Calendar         Go to Ezekiel’s Years Introduction     Go to Ezekiel’s Years Chart