Ezekiel 29:12-21

12 "So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the ¹midst of desolated lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate forty years; and I will ²scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands."

13 'For thus says the Lord GOD, "At the end of forty years I will ³gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom * they were scattered.

14 "I will turn the fortunes of Egypt and make them return to the land of ⁴Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom.

15 "It will be the ⁵lowest of the kingdoms, and it will never again lift itself up above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will not ⁶rule over the nations.

16 "And it will never again be the ⁷confidence of the house of Israel, ⁸bringing to mind the iniquity of their having turned to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.""'

17 Now in the ⁹twenty-seventh * year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,

18 "Son of man, ¹⁰Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre; every head was made ¹¹bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had performed against it."

19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I ¹²will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her ¹³wealth and capture her spoil and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army.

20 "I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor which he ¹⁴performed, because they acted for Me," declares the Lord GOD.

21 "On that day I will make a ¹⁵horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will ¹⁶open * your mouth in their midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD."

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Ezekiel 29:12-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 29

This chapter contains a prophecy against Pharaoh king of Egypt; and of the destruction of the land of Egypt; and of the restoration of it after a certain time. The time of prophecy is noted, Eze 29:1, the order to prophesy against Pharaoh, who is described as a large fish, lying in his rivers, and boasting of them, Eze 29:2,3, his destruction and the manner of it, Eze 29:4,5, the reason of it, his treachery to the Jews, Eze 29:6,7, hence the whole land of Egypt is threatened with desolation, from one end to the other, so as to be uninhabited by man or beast for the space of forty years, Eze 29:8-14, but shall not arrive to their former glory as a kingdom, nor be any more the confidence of the house of Israel, Eze 29:15,16, then follows a prophecy seventeen years after this, showing the reason why Egypt was given to the king of Babylon, Eze 29:17-20, and the chapter is closed with a promise of happiness to Israel, Eze 29:21.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 16

1. Jeremiah 25:15-19; Jeremiah 27:6-11; Ezekiel 30:7
2. Jeremiah 46:19; Ezekiel 30:23, 26
3. Isaiah 19:22; Jeremiah 46:26
4. Isaiah 11:11; Jeremiah 44:1, 15; Ezekiel 30:14
5. Ezekiel 17:6, 14; Ezekiel 30:13; Zechariah 10:11
6. Ezekiel 31:2; Ezekiel 32:2; Nahum 3:8-10
7. Isaiah 20:5; Isaiah 30:1-3; Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 36:6; Ezekiel 17:15; Ezekiel 29:6, 7
8. Isaiah 64:9; Jeremiah 14:10; Ezekiel 21:23; Hosea 8:13
9. Ezekiel 24:1; Ezekiel 26:1; Ezekiel 29:1; Ezekiel 30:20;Ezekiel 40:1
10. Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 27:6; Ezekiel 26:7-12
11. Jeremiah 48:37; Ezekiel 27:31
12. Ezek 30:10, 24, 25; Ezekiel 32:11
13. Jeremiah 43:10-13; Ezekiel 30:14
14. Isaiah 10:6, 7; Isaiah 45:1-3; Jeremiah 25:9
15. 1 Samuel 2:10; Psalms 92:10; Psalms 132:17
16. Ezekiel 3:27; Ezekiel 24:27; Ezekiel 33:22; Amos 3:7, 8; Luke 21:15

Footnotes 8

[a]. Lit "where"
[b]. Lit "causing to remember"
[c]. Lit "after them"
[d]. Lit "a great labor"
[e]. Lit "labored"
[f]. Or "multitude"
[g]. Lit "labored"
[h]. Lit "give you an opening of the mouth"

Ezekiel 29:12-21

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Ezekiel 29:12-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 29

Cross References 16

Footnotes 8