Ezekiel 29:14 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 29:14

I will restore Egypt from captivity and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.

BSB

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ASV

and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.

KJV

And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt,.... For what is done by men, under the direction and influence of divine Providence, is said to be done by the Lord, as this was, though by the means of Cyrus: and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros; which was a part of the land of Egypt; perhaps so called from Pathrusim, the son of Mizraim, from whom Egypt had its name, Gen 10:

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Verse 8 and following) Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast. And the land of Egypt shall become a desolation (or destruction) and a wilderness: and they shall know that I am the Lord: because he (or you) said, My river is mine, and I have made it (or My rivers are mine, and I have made them).

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Some date the forty years from Nebuchadnezzar's destroying Egypt, others from the desolation of Egypt some time before; however, they end about the first year of Cyrus, when the seventy years' captivity of Judah ended, or soon after. Then this prediction was accomplished, 1.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Thebaid was anciently called "Egypt" [ARISTOTLE]. Therefore it is called the "land of the Egyptians' birth" (Margin, for "habitation"). base kingdom--Under Amasis it was made dependent on Babylon; humbled still more under Cambyses; and though somewhat raised under the Ptolemies, never has it regained its ancient pre-eminence.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְשַׁבְתִּי֙	ve.shav.Ti	and I will turn back	H7725 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שְׁב֣וּת	she.Vut	[the] captivity of	H7622 →
מִצְרַ֔יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֤י	va.ha.shi.vo.Ti	and I will bring back	H7725 →
אֹתָם֙	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
אֶ֣רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
פַּתְר֔וֹס	pat.Ros	Pathros	H6624 →
עַל־	'al-	to	H5921 →
אֶ֖רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
מְכֽוּרָתָ֑ם	me.khu.ra.Tam	origin their	H4351 →
וְהָ֥יוּ	ve.Ha.yu	and they will be	H1961 →
שָׁ֖ם	sham	there	H8033 →
מַמְלָכָ֥ה	mam.la.Khah	a kingdom	H4467 →
שְׁפָלָֽה׃	she.fa.Lah	lowly	H8217 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 10:14
the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
leads to
- Jeremiah 47:4
  For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 2:23
  And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Jeremiah 44:1
This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:
leads to
- Jeremiah 46:14
  “Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
Through
Isaiah 11:11
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and…
leads to
- Micah 7:12
  On that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
- Zechariah 10:8–12
  I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.
- Hosea 3:4–5
  For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.
- Isaiah 10:20
  On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy…
- Jeremiah 30:8–11

About Ezekiel

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