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Ezekiel 29:19

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Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

KJV

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

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This verse in Ezekiel 29

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The success of Nebuchadnezzar is implied in Tyre's receiving a king from Babylon, probably one of her captives there, Merbal. take her spoil . . . prey--literally, "spoil her spoil, prey her prey," that is, as she spoiled other nations, so shall she herself be a spoil to Babylon.

This site's exposition

in the seven and twentieth year

on Ezekiel 29:17-20

The date jumps forward, the seven and twentieth year, the latest date in the entire book, some sixteen years after the oracle just given, and Ezekiel here explains history rather than merely predicting it. Nebuchadnezzar's long siege of Tyre, every head made bald, every shoulder peeled with siege labor, had yielded no wages, since the island city held out and the earlier Tyre oracle's total destruction had not landed as the leveling of the mainland city might have suggested. Egypt is now given to Babylon as the wages Tyre never paid, and Keil and Barnes together read this as Scripture's own honest accounting of a prophecy's outcome, the general judgment on Tyre standing while its precise shape is corrected by the prophet who gave it.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 17 onwards) And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare; yet he had no wages, nor his army, for Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

In prosecuting this siege every head was made bald, and every shoulder peeled, with carrying burdens and labouring in the water when they had a strong tide and a strong town to contend with. Egypt, a large kingdom, being divided within itself, is easily conquered; Tyre, a single city, being unanimous, is with difficulty subdued.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It was a cheap and easy prey. He subdued it with very little difficulty; the blood and treasure expended upon the conquest of it were inconsiderable. But it was a rich prey, and he carried off a great deal from it that was of value.

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • לָכֵ֗ן<to> therefore

    lakhenH3651 →771 times

  • כֹּ֤הthus

    kohH3541 →577 times

  • אָמַר֙he says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord

    ʾadonaiH136 →440 times

  • יְהוִ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3069 →306 times

  • הִנְנִ֥יhere I

    hiniH2005 →316 times

  • נֹתֵ֛ן[am] about to give

    notenH5414 →2011 times

  • לִנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥רto Nebuchadnezzar

    linvukhadretzarH5019 →60 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • בָּבֶ֖לBabylon

    bavelH894 →262 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of

    ʾeretzH776 →2504 times

  • מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • וְנָשָׂ֨אand he will carry off

    venasa'H5375 →656 times

  • הֲמֹנָ֜הּwealth its

    hamonahH1995 →83 times

  • וְשָׁלַ֤לand he will plunder

    veshalalH7997 →16 times

  • שְׁלָלָהּ֙plunder its

    shelalahH7998 →73 times

  • וּבָזַ֣זand he will take as spoil

    uvazazH962 →43 times

  • בִּזָּ֔הּspoil its

    bizahH957 →25 times

  • וְהָיְתָ֥הand it will be

    vehayetahH1961 →3559 times

  • שָׂכָ֖רwage[s]

    sakharH7939 →

  • לְחֵילֽוֹ׃for army his

    lecheiloH2428 →246 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 30:24–25I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.5 worksJeremiah 43:10–13Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.5 worksEzekiel 30:10This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.5 worksIsaiah 19:4I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.5 worksEzekiel 30:4A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.5 worksEzekiel 32:11For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!4 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 31:2“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?4 worksEzekiel 26:5She will become a place to spread nets in the sea, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations,4 worksEzekiel 38:12in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’3 worksEzekiel 32:12I will make your hordes fall by the swords of the mighty, the most ruthless of all nations. They will ravage the pride of Egypt and all her multitudes will be destroyed.3 worksEzekiel 29:8–10Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 30:4

    A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 29:8

      Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.

    • Exodus 15:14–16

      The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.

    • Jeremiah 50:35–37

      A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.

    • Isaiah 19:2

      “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

    • Isaiah 16:7

      Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 32:11

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 46:13

      This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:

    • Jeremiah 46:24–26

      The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”

    • Ezekiel 30:4

      A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Ezekiel, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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