Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 30:8
And they shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and [when] all her helpers shall be destroyed.
8. “Fire” is a frequent figure for war and its desolations, Eze 30:14 ; Eze 30:16, ch. Eze 15:5, Eze 20:47, Eze 39:6.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
They shall know; all that act, and all that suffer, in this tragedy, shall by the evidence of the things be enforced to own Gods hand, and ascribe justice, and truth, and glory to him.
A fire; that war, which like increasing fire consumeth all.
Shall be destroyed; the destruction of so many and powerful aids shall prove that it was Gods hand did it.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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:
and when all her helpers shall be destroyed; her auxiliaries, the neighbouring nations in alliance with them, before mentioned.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
8. The day of the Lord is near The day when accounts shall be settled and punishment or reward meted out to the nations; a day of darkness to the wicked and rebellious, a day of triumph to the righteous (Eze 7:7; Amo 5:8; Jeremiah 27). One of these times of divine settlement seemed near, and was near. (Compare Isaiah 2, 3, 13; Joe 2:1; Joe 2:12.)
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Eze 30:8 And they shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and [when] all her helpers shall be destroyed.
Ver. 8. And they shall know that I am the Lord. ] Men will not take knowledge of this till they have paid for their learning, Vexatio dat intellectum. Smart makes wit. a
When I have set a fire in Egypt.
a Non est perissologia: repetitur cum fructu. – Lavat.
shall know: Eze 28:24, Eze 28:26, Eze 29:6, Eze 29:9, Eze 29:16, Psa 58:11
when I: Eze 30:14, Eze 30:16, Eze 22:31, Deu 32:22, Isa 42:25, Lam 4:11, Amo 1:4, Amo 1:7, Amo 1:10, Amo 1:12, Amo 1:14, Amo 2:2, Amo 2:5, Nah 1:5, Nah 1:6
destroyed: Heb. broken, Eze 30:6
Reciprocal: Exo 7:17 – thou shalt Jer 47:4 – every Eze 25:5 – and ye Eze 30:26 – they shall Eze 39:6 – I will
Eze 30:8. The fire to be set in Egypt will be the destructive raids of the Babylonians. The helper or allies of Egypt were destined to be defeated, and the whole transaction will cause the people to knosw that I am the Lord.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary