Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 29:12
And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries [that are] desolate, and her cities among the cities [that are] laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
12. Cf. Eze 12:15, Eze 26:19, Eze 30:7.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 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. iii. c. 10; and see Calmet.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
This verse is a further repeated confirmation of what was said before, and needs no new explication, every thing in it being already spoken to in the former verses.
Among the nations; some into captivity, others by a timely retirement dispersed themselves, and got among their neighbours, who escaped, and where they kept, till the forty years expired.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
12. As Israel passed through aterm of wilderness discipline (compare Eze20:35, c.), which was in its essential features to be repeatedagain, so it was to be with Egypt [FAIRBAIRN].Some Egyptians were to be carried to Babylon, also many “scattered”in Arabia and Ethiopia through fear but mainly the “scattering”was to be the dissipation of their power, even though thepeople still remained in their own land.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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 disperse them through the countries; such as were not carried captive into Babylon fled into other countries, as Arabia, Ethiopia, and other places, Berosus u makes mention of this captivity of the Egyptians under Nebuchadnezzar the son, which no other writer does.
u Apud Joseph. Antiqu. l. 10. c. 11. sect. 1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(12) Scatter the Egyptians among the nations.Megasthenes and Berosus state that Nebuchadnezzar on his conquest of Egypt, sent great numbers of the people captive to Babylon; others doubtless, as in similar cases, took refuge in Ethiopia, Libya, and other neighbouring lands. The kind of desolation foretold for Egypt is the same as that for desolate cities and countries that fell under the power of the conqueror: they were to be plundered and reduced to subjection.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
12. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations Every oriental conqueror took back with him strings of captives and gave them as slaves to his soldiers and allies; but certainly there was no wholesale deportation of the people, as in the case of Israel and Judah. (Compare Eze 12:15.)
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Eze 29:12. Her citiesshall be desolate, &c. We cannot prove indeed, from heathen authors, that this desolation of the country continued exactly forty years, though it is likely enough that this, as well as the other conquered countries, did not shake off the Babylonish yoke till the time of Cyrus; but we are assured by Berosus, that Nebuchadnezzar took several captives in Egypt, and carried them to Babylon; and from Megasthenes we learn, that he transplanted and settled others in Pontus. So true it is, that they were scattered among the nations, and dispersed through the countries, and might, upon the dissolution of the Babylonish empire, return to their native country. Newton, p. 362.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Eze 29:12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries [that are] desolate, and her cities among the cities [that are] laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Ver. 12. In the midst of the countries. ] Palestine, Moab, Edom, Judea, &c. See Jer 46:18-20
And her cities.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
desolate in: Eze 30:7, Jer 25:15-19, Jer 27:6-11
and I will scatter: We learn from Berosus that Nebuchadnezzar sent several captive Egyptians to Babylon; and from Megasthenes, that he transplanted others to Pontus; and it is probable, that at the dissolution of the Babylonian empire, about forty years after, Cyrus permitted them to return to their native country. Eze 30:23, Jer 46:19
Reciprocal: Eze 30:3 – the time Eze 30:4 – and they Eze 30:26 – I will Eze 32:9 – when Eze 32:15 – destitute of that whereof
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 29:12. Only an inspired prophet could make such a definite prediction as the present verse records. This prediction is corroborated by history and I shall give a quotation as follows: “The king of Babylon, taking advantage therefore of the intestine divisions which the rebellion of Amasis had occasioned in that kingdom, marched thither at the head of his army. He subdued Egypt from Migdol or Magdol, a town on the frontiers of the kingdom, as far as Syene, in the opposite extremity where it borders on Ethiopia. He made a horrible devastation wherever he came; killed a great number of the inhabitants, and made such dreadful havoc in the country, that the damage could not be repaired in forty years. Nebuchadnezzar, having loaded his army with spoils, and conquered the whole kingdom, came to on accommodation [settlement] with Ainasis; and leaving him as his viceroy [representative] there, returned to Babylon. Rollins Ancient History, volume 1, page 232.