Ezekiel 29:2

2 “Son of man, turn and face Egypt and prophesy against Pharaoh the king and all the people of 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 On January 7, during the tenth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the LORD :

2 “Son of man, turn and face Egypt and prophesy against Pharaoh the king and all the people of Egypt.

3 Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD : “I am your enemy, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt— you great monster, lurking in the streams of the Nile. For you have said, ‘The Nile River is mine; I made it for myself.’

4 I will put hooks in your jaws and drag you out on the land with fish sticking to your scales.

5 I will leave you and all your fish stranded in the wilderness to die. You will lie unburied on the open ground, for I have given you as food to the wild animals and birds.