Ezekiel 30:20--32:32
[A.M. 3416. B.C. 588.]
Son ... man <01121 0120> [Son of man.]
This prophecy was delivered soon after the Egyptians under Pharaoh-hophra had come to relieve Jerusalem, and some months before the city was taken, being the eleventh year of Jeremiah's captivity, and answering to April 26, A.M. 3416. When the king of Babylon took from the king of Egypt, in the days of Pharaoh-necho, all his dominions in Asia, one of his arms was broken. God now declared that he should never recover these territories, or gain any ascendancy in that part of the world; nay, that his other arm, which was now strong, should soon be broken, and rendered utterly useless. This was fulfilled when Hophra was dethroned and driven into Upper Egypt by Amasis; and then Nebuchadnezzar, taking advantage of this civil discord, invaded and conquered that kingdom, and enslaved, dispersed, and carried captive the Egyptians.
broken <07665> [I have.]
bandaged <02280> [it shall not.]
Pharaoh <06547> [I am.]
break ......... broken <07665> [will break.]
strong <02389> [the strong.]
break ......... broken <07665> [and that.]
sword <02719> [I will.]
strengthen ..................... break <02388 07665> [I will.]
place <05414> [and put.]
groan <05008> [he shall.]
know <03045> [they shall know.]
scatter <06327> [I will.]
know <03045> [they shall.]
first <0259> [in the eleventh.]
On Sunday, June 19, A.M. 3416, according to Usher; and about a month before the capture of Jerusalem.
say <0559> [speak.]
hordes <01995> [to his.]
like <01819> [Whom.]
Assyria <0804> [the Assyrian.]
cedar <0730> [a cedar.]
[with fair branches. Heb. fair of branches. of an high.]
water <04325> [waters.]
grow <01431> [made him great. or, nourished him. set. or, brought. little rivers. or, conduits.]
taller <06967> [his height.]
The Assyrian king, to whom Pharaoh is compared, from his great power, extensive dominion, and the protection he afforded, resembled the spreading branches, thick shade, and high stature of a flourishing cedar on mount Lebanon. The fruitful lands of Assyria; the immense revenues he drew from vast multitudes in his extensive territories; his lucrative commerce, by the river Tigris, with the countries on the Indian ocean; and all the various sources of his wealth and prosperity, resembled the rivers and streams which cause the trees planted by them to grow and flourish exceedingly; and hence the empire and its head were exalted above all the kingdoms of the earth.
shoots <07971> [he shot forth. or, it sent them forth.]
cedars <0730> [cedars.]
tree <06086> [nor any.]
made <06213> [made.]
trees <06086> [all the trees.]
envied <07065> [envied.]
says <0559> [Therefore.]
The allegory and its interpretation are here combined; and the Assyrian monarch, though already destroyed, is poetically addressed.
tall <01361> [Because.]
proud <03824> [and his.]
gave <05414> [delivered.]
leader <0410> [the mighty.]
Nebuchadnezzar, the subverter of the Assyrian empire.
has <06213> [he shall surely deal with him. Heb. in doing he shall do unto him.]
out <01644> [I have driven.]
Foreigners <02114> [strangers.]
mountains <02022> [upon.]
down <03381> [gone.]
trees <06086> [the end.]
high ........ appointed <05975 01363> [stand up in their height. or, stand upon themselves for their height. delivered.]
lower parts <08482> [the nether.]
lament <056> [I caused a.]
The deep and all the mighty rivers which cherished this fair tree are here described as mourning at his downfall: they stop their usual courses to bewail his fate, and Lebanon with all its stately trees, (his confederates and allies,) sympathise with him in his misfortunes.
black <06937> [mourn. Heb. be black.]
nations <01471> [made.]
down ........ descend <03381> [When I.]
trees <06086> [and all.]
comforted <05162> [shall be comforted.]
went down <03381> [went.]
allies <02220> [that were.]
lived <03427> [dwelt.]
like <01819> [To whom.]
Pharaoh is here called upon to look in his mirror, and see the termination of his glory and greatness.
like <01819> [art thou.]
trees .................. trees <06086> [with the.]
lie <07901> [thou shalt.]
Pharaoh <06547> [This is.]
That is, the judgment that befel the king of Assyria, is an exact representation of the destruction that remains for Pharaoh and all his people.
month ....... month <08147 02320> [A.M. 3417. B.C. 587. in the twelfth.]
On Wednesday, March 22, A.M. 3417, the twelfth year of Jeconiah's captivity, about a year and half after the destruction of Jerusalem, and at a time when Pharaoh was in power and prosperity.
sing <05375> [take up.]
like <01819> [Thou art like.]
monster <08577> [and thou art as.]
monster <08577> [whale. or, dragon. and troubledst.]
put <05414> [And I.]
To represent the power, rapaciousness, and cruelty of Pharaoh, he had been compared to a fierce young lion, and also to an immense, overgrown sea-monster, or crocodile; and here it is predicted that God would cast a net over him, by which many companies of people should drag him out of his rivers, and cast him into the open field, mountains, valleys, etc., to be devoured by birds and beasts of prey; that is, his ruin would be complete, and attended with terrible miseries to the Egyptians, and afford a large booty to their enemies.
drench <08248> [water.]
land <0776> [the land.]
Egypt, so called because interspersed by numerous canals, and overflowed annually by the Nile.
flow <06824> [wherein thou swimmest. or, of thy swimming.]
extinguish <03518> [put thee out. or, extinguish thee.]
cover ... sky ......... cover <03680 08064> [I will cover the heaven.]
Destroy the empire.
darken <06937> [make.]
Overwhelm the dependent states.
sun <08121> [the sun.]
The king.
moon <03394> [the moon.]
The queen, or some state less than the kingdom.
lights .... sky <0216 08064 03974> [bright lights of heaven. Heb. lights of the light in heaven.]
darken <06937> [dark. Heb. them dark.]
darken <02822 05414> [set darkness upon.]
Involve the whole land in desolation and woe.
disturb <03707> [vex. Heb. provoke to anger, or grief.]
bring <0935> [when.]
I will shock <08074> [amazed.]
sword <02719> [my sword.]
tremble <02729> [and they.]
sword <02719> [The sword.]
terrifying <06184> [the terrible.]
devastate <07703> [they shall.]
destroy <06> [destroy.]
foot <07272> [neither.]
streams <05104> [and cause.]
The neighbouring countries shall be in a state of quietness, like a river that smoothly glides along, having no longer a political crocodile to foul their waters, or to disturb their peace.
everything <08074 04393> [destitute of that whereof. Heb. desolate from the fulness thereof.]
know <03045> [then.]
<08147> [in the twelfth.]
fifteenth <02568> [the fifteenth.]
That is, of the twelfth month, just a fortnight after the preceding prophecy.
wail <05091> [wail.]
down ...................... descend <03381> [cast.]
That is, predict that they shall be cast down.
daughters <01323> [the daughters.]
The cities and colonies of the celebrated nations afterwards enumerated.
lower parts <08482> [unto the.]
surpass <05276> [dost.]
down <03381> [go.]
uncircumcised <06189> [with.]
fall <05307> [fall.]
by ... sword ... sword <05414 02719> [she is delivered to the sword. or, the sword is laid. draw.]
bravest <0410> [strong.]
Pharaoh is here represented as descending into the regions of the dead, whither many mighty warriors and potentates had gone before him, who welcome him to their dreary mansion.
down <03381> [gone.]
[Assur.]
graves <06913> [graves.]
The niches in the sides of the subterranean burying places.
spread <05414> [which.]
terror <02851> [terror. or, dismaying. the land.]
Elam <05867> [Elam.]
down ............................. descend <03381> [which are.]
spread <05414> [which caused.]
bear <05375> [borne.]
made ... bed .............................................. placed <05414 04904> [set her.]
bed <04904> [a bed.]
A cell, or bier, in the sepulchral vault, in which the corpse was deposited.
uncircumcised <06189> [all of them.]
terror <02851> [though.]
Meshech-Tubal <04902> [Meshech.]
Supposed to be the Moschi, a people between Iberia and Armenia, from whom, probably the Muscovites are descended.
Meshech-Tubal <08422> [Tubal.]
Probably the Tibarenians, a people of Pontus, west of the Moschians.
uncircumcised <06189> [all of.]
spread <05414> [caused.]
lie <07901> [shall not.]
Sheol <07585> [to hell.]
That is, to the grave; and are buried in their armour, with their weapons lying by their sides, as was a very ancient practice in various nations.
weapons ... war <04421 03627> [their weapons of war. Heb. weapons of their war.]
shields <05771> [but.]
Edom <0123> [Edom.]
Despite <05414> [laid. Heb. given, or put.]
leaders <05257> [the princes.]
The kings of Media, Armenia, and other nations north of Chaldea, or of the Syrians and others north of Judah, with "all the Zidonians," kings of Zidon, Tyre, and other cities of Phoenicia.
bear <05375> [and bear.]
Pharaoh ... see ................ Pharaoh <06547 07200> [Pharaoh shall.]
Pharaoh, who said he was a god, shall be found among the dead.
consoled <05162> [shall be.]
Shall console himself, when he sees all these mighty nations and proud conquerors in the same condition as himself.
