Ezekiel 29:21
in Ezekiel 29In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth unto the house of Israel, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
KJV
In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
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This verse in Ezekiel 29
Commentary
8 notes on this verseWill I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud - This may refer generally to the restoration; but particularly to Zerubbabel, who became one of the leaders of the people from Babylon. Or it may respect Daniel, or Mordecai, or Jeconiah, who, about this time, was brought out of prison by Evil-merodach, and afterwards kindly treated.
This site's exposition
I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel
The last verse turns from Egypt to Israel. I will give thee the opening of the mouth picks up the sign, silence until news arrived that the city had fallen. Fairbairn reads the verse's position as the book's habit of never leaving judgment on the nations as the last word.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(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 Awakening4 voices
The day of their deliverance shall begin to dawn, and they shall have some little reviving in their bondage, in the honour that shall be done, 1. To their princes; they are the horns of the house of Israel, the seat of their glory and power.
The horn - Jehoiakim, who was then advanced by Evil- Merodach. The opening of the mouth - Thou shalt have liberty, to open thy mouth in comforting the good among them, and to give praise to God.
In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth,....
Note, It is good to foresee the failing of all our creature-confidences, then when we are most in temptation to depend upon them, that we may cease from man. The scope of this prophecy. It is directed against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and against all Egypt,
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Israel to bud-- (Ps 132:17). I will cause its ancient glory to revive: an earnest of Israel's full glory under Messiah, the son of David (Lu 1:69). Even in Babylon an earnest was given of this in Daniel (Da 6:2) and Jeconiah (Jer 52:31).
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַה֗וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| אַצְמִ֤יחַ | ʾatzmiach | I will make grow | H6779 → | 33 times |
| קֶ֙רֶן֙ | keren | a horn | H7161 → | 76 times |
| לְבֵ֣ית | leveit | for [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וּלְךָ֛ | ulekha | and to you | ||
| אֶתֵּ֥ן | ʾeten | I will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| פִּתְחֽוֹן־ | pitchon- | opening of | H6610 → | |
| פֶּ֖ה | peh | mouth | H6310 → | 498 times |
| בְּתוֹכָ֑ם | betokham | in midst of them | H8432 → | 418 times |
| וְיָדְע֖וּ | veyadeu | and they will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֥י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ פ | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַה֗וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
אַצְמִ֤יחַI will make grow
ʾatzmiachH6779 →33 times
קֶ֙רֶן֙a horn
kerenH7161 →76 times
לְבֵ֣יתfor [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וּלְךָ֛and to you
ulekha
אֶתֵּ֥ןI will give
ʾetenH5414 →2011 times
פִּתְחֽוֹן־opening of
pitchon-H6610 →
פֶּ֖הmouth
pehH6310 →498 times
בְּתוֹכָ֑םin midst of them
betokhamH8432 →418 times
וְיָדְע֖וּand they will know
veyadeuH3045 →945 times
כִּי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֥יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָֽה׃ פ[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
Luke 21:15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 1:9
Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
- Ephesians 6:19
Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel,
- Luke 12:12
For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
- Acts 6:10
but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.
- Exodus 4:11–12
And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
- Jeremiah 1:9
Through
Psalms 132:17There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
it leads to
- Luke 1:69
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
- Luke 1:69
Through
1 Samuel 2:10Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt…
it leads to
- Psalms 2:9
You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
- Psalms 89:24
My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
- Psalms 2:9
Where this verse is studied
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.