Text -- Ezekiel 29:20-21 (NET)

29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre, because they did it for me, declares the sovereign Lord. 29:21 On that day I will make Israel powerful, and I will give you the right to be heard among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 29:20

¹ tn Heb “for which he worked,” referring to the assault on Tyre (v. 18).

NET Notes: Eze 29:21

¹ tn Heb “I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel.” The horn is used as a figure for military power in the OT (Ps 92:10). A similar expression is made about the Davidic dynasty in Ps 132:17.

² tn Heb “I will grant you an open mouth.”