Bible Commentary

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. 4. with hooks. This is suggested by the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 29:4”

Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; 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. 3. the great dragon ] i.e. the crocodile. Conversely the present Arabs … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 29:3”

Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: Verse 2. Set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt] This was Pharaoh-hophra or Pharaoh-apries, whom we have so frequently met with in the prophecies of Jeremiah, and much of whose history has been given in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 29:2”

In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth [day] of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 1 7. Pharaoh under the allegory of the crocodile, and the population as fishes. Jehovah draws him out of the waters with his hook and flings him on the land. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 29:1”

And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God. 26. dwell safely ] Or, with confidence, feeling secure, Jer 23:6; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 28:26”

Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. 25. Read peoples for people. sanctified … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 28:25”

And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor [any] grieving thorn of all [that are] round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD. 24. “Brier” is “thorn” ch. Eze 2:6 (slightly different form). The term “pricking” is used of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 28:24”

For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD. 23. wounded be judged ] Rather: shall fall, or, fall thick, if the word be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 28:23”

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her. 22. be glorified ] Or, get me glory … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 28:22”

Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, 21. In Gen 10:15 Zidon is the firstborn of Canaan, and it was probably the parent city of Tyre, which lies twenty miles further south. The modern town bears the name Saida. See chart of Sidon in Rawl. Phenic. p. 66. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 28:21”