Ezekiel 29:2

2 ¹“Son of man, ²set your face against ³Pharaoh king of Egypt, ⁴and prophesy against him and ⁵against all Egypt;

Ezekiel 29:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 29:2

Son 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, ( Jeremiah 44:30 ) , and who, by Herodotus ^F24, 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Euterpe, sive l. 2. c. 161.

Ezekiel 29:2 In-Context

1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

2 “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt;

3 speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams, that says, ‘My Nile is my own; I made it for myself. ’

4 I will put hooks in your jaws, and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales; and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams, with all the fish of your streams that stick to your scales.

5 And I will cast you out into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your streams; you shall fall on the open field, and not be brought together or gathered. To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens I give you as food.

Cross References

• 1. 29:2 See ch. 2:1
• 2. 29:2 See ch. 6:2
• 3. 29:2 ch. 32:2
• 4. 29:2 See ch. 6:2
• 5. 29:2 See Isa. 19:1