Ezekiel 29:2
in Ezekiel 29“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
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ASV
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;
KJV
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
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This verse in Ezekiel 29
Commentary
7 notes on this verseSon of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt,.... Pharaoh was a name common to all the kings of Egypt; the name of this king was Pharaohhophra, Jer 44:30, and who, by Herodotus (x), is called Apries: and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt; prophesy of his destruction, and of the destruction of the whole land that is under his dominion. (x) Euterpe, sive l. 2. c. 161.
This site's exposition
In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month
on Ezekiel 29:1-2
The date is exact, the tenth year, tenth month, twelfth day, which the commentators reckon to January of 587 BC, months before Jerusalem finally fell. Egypt draws the Lord's face against her because Zedekiah had leaned on Pharaoh's army for help against the Babylonian siege, the same alliance Jeremiah condemns.
This site's exposition
set your face against Pharaoh king
The Pharaoh king of Egypt at this date was Hophra, called Apries by Greek historians, who reigned from about 589 to 570 BC. Chapters 29 to 32 hold seven oracles against Egypt, six of them dated. Egypt receives the longest section of prophecy against the nations.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chap. XXIX.—Vers. 1, 2.) In the tenth year (or according to the LXX, the twelfth), in the tenth month (or, according to the Hebrew, the twelfth), on the first (or one) day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt, and say: Thus says the Lord God.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But this begins with the prince, because it began to have its accomplishment in the insurrections and rebellions of the people against the prince, not long after this. Pharaoh Hophrah (for so was the reigning Pharaoh surnamed) is here represented by a great dragon, or crocodile, that lies in the midst of his rivers, as Leviathan in the waters, to play therein,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Pharaoh--a common name of all the kings of Egypt, meaning "the sun"; or, as others say, a "crocodile," which was worshipped in parts of Egypt (compare Eze 29:3). Hophra or Apries was on the throne at this time.
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 the notes.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּן־ | ben- | O son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָדָ֕ם | ʾadam | humankind | H120 → | 551 times |
| שִׂ֣ים | sim | set | H7760 → | 584 times |
| פָּנֶ֔יךָ | paneikha | face your | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֖ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וְהִנָּבֵ֣א | vehinave' | and prophesy | H5012 → | 115 times |
| עָלָ֔יו | ʾalav | on him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִצְרַ֖יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| כֻּלָּֽהּ׃ | kulah | all of it | H3605 → | 5413 times |
בֶּן־O son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אָדָ֕םhumankind
ʾadamH120 →551 times
שִׂ֣יםset
simH7760 →584 times
פָּנֶ֔יךָface your
paneikhaH6440 →2123 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פַּרְעֹ֖הPharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וְהִנָּבֵ֣אand prophesy
vehinave'H5012 →115 times
עָלָ֔יוon him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
מִצְרַ֖יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
כֻּלָּֽהּ׃all of it
kulahH3605 →5413 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 6:2“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 19:9
With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
- Ezekiel 20:46
“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
- Ezekiel 25:2
“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
- Ezekiel 37:22
I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never…
- Ezekiel 19:9
Through
Jeremiah 44:30This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 25:4–7
Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden.…
- Jeremiah 43:9–13
“In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.
- Ezekiel 30:21
“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.
- Jeremiah 39:5–7
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of…
- 2 Kings 25:4–7
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: 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); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.