Ezekiel 29:2

2 "Mortal man," he said, "denounce the king of Egypt. Tell him how he and all the land of Egypt will be punished.

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 On the twelfth day of the tenth month of the tenth year of our exile, the Lord spoke to me.

2 "Mortal man," he said, "denounce the king of Egypt. Tell him how he and all the land of Egypt will be punished.

3 Say that this is what the Sovereign Lord is telling the king of Egypt: I am your enemy, you monster crocodile, lying in the river. You say that the Nile is yours and that you made it.

4 I am going to put a hook through your jaw and make the fish in your river stick fast to you. Then I will pull you up out of the Nile, with all the fish sticking to you.

5 I will throw you and all those fish into the desert. Your body will fall on the ground and be left unburied. I will give it to the birds and animals for food.