God's judgment upon BEFORE CHRIST 588. 588. a ver. 9. EZEKIEL, XXVIII. Tunto me, saying, 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and a thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in bch.27.3,4. the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: 2 Heb. heart. c Is. 31. 3. d Zech. 9. 2. 8 Heb. By the great C d 3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: the prince of Tyrus. BEFORE CHRIST 588. 14 Thou art the anointed " cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down 25. in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. n See Ex. ver. 16. • ch. 20. 40. 16 By the multitude of thy mer- 17 Thine heart was lifted up 5 30 By thy great wisdom and by ness of thy thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: 9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. 10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. 11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. k 6 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the 'sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, m ch. 26.13. and gold: the workmanship of " thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 7 Or, chrysoprase. m 22 And say, Thus saith the Lord Gon; " Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall P. 9. 16. know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be y sanctified in her. 23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD. 24 And there shall be no more a a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. Desolation of Egypt. BEFORE CHRIST 588. d Jer. 23.6. ch. 36. 28. 2 Or, with confidence. e Is. 65. 21. Amos 9. 14. f Jer. 31. 5. 3 Or, spoil. 589. a ch. 28. 21. b Is. 19. 1. Jer. 25. 19. & 46. 2, 25. Jer. 44,30. EZEKIEL, XXIX. in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. e 26 And they shall a dwell 2 safely therein, and shall build houses, and 'plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God. CHAPTER XXIX. 1 The judgment of Pharaoh for his treachery to Israel. 8 The desolation of Egypt. 13 The restoration thereof after forty years. 17 Egypt the reward of Nebuchadrezzar. 21 Israel shall be restored. IN N the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, с 2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: 3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made See ch. 28. it for myself. ch. 28. 22. ver. 10. d Ps. 74. 13, 14. Is. 27. 1. & 51.9. ch. 32. 2. 2. f Is. 37. 29. ch. 33. 4. Heb, face g Jer. 8.2.& of the field. 16. 4. & 25. 33. h Jer. 7. 33. & 34. 20. 12 Kings 18. 21. Is. 36. 6. k Jer. 37.5, 7, 11. ch. 17. 17. 32. 11, 12, 13. 8 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord Ich.14.17. GOD; Behold, I will bring 1a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. 9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. 10 Behold, therefore I am against m ch. 30.12. thee, and against thy rivers, and I Her restoration promised. will make the land of Egypt 2 utterly waste and desolate, 3" from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. 4 pass 11 No foot of man shall through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. BEFORE CHRIST 589. 2 Heb. wastes of waste. 3 Or, from Migdol to Syene. Jer. 44. 1. • ch. 32. 13. pch.30.7,26. 12 P And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the Sevench. countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. Jer. 46. 13 ¶ Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will Í 3. 10. 25. gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered : 14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. r 15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. 8 Or, birth. Heb. low. rch.17.6.14. • Is. 30. 2,3. 16 And it shall be no more the & confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 572. ch. 26. 7, 8. 18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar Jer. 27. 6. king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. Desolation of Egypt BEFORE CHRIST 572. 572. a Is. 13.6. b ch. 7.7,12. Joel 2.1. Zeph. 1.7. 2 Or, fear. ech. 29. 19. a Jer. 50.15. 3 Heb. EZEKIEL, XXX. opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. CHAPTER XXX. 1 The desolation of Egypt and her helpers. 20 The arm of Babylon shall be strengthened to break the arm of Egypt. HE word of the LORD came Tagain unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; a Howl ye, Woe worth the day! b 3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. 4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great 2 pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. 5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Jer. 25. 20, Chub, and the 'men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. 4 Heb. children. 5 Or from Migdol to Syene. f ch. 29. 10. 8 ch. 29. 12. 6 Ieb. broken. Is. 18. 1,2. 1 ch. 29.19. k ch. 28.7. 1 Is. 19. 5, 0. 7 Heb. drought. m Is. 19. 4. 8 Heb. the fulness thereof. n Is. 19. 1. Jer. 43. 12. & 46. 25. Zech. 13. 2. 6 Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: 5f from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. 76 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. 8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. 9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 1I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. 11 He and his people with him, *the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. 12 And I will make the rivers 'dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. and her helpers. 18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. 19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD. 20 ¶ And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 21 Son of man, I have broken Jer. 48.25. the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will a break his Ps. 37. 17. arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. b ver. 23 b And I will scatter the Egyp-ch.12 tians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, Ps. 9. 16. when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. The Assyrian's BEFORE CHRIST 588. A ver. 18. b Dan. 4. 10. 2 Heb.fair of branches. © Jer. 51.36. 3 Or, nourished. 4 Or, brought him up. 6 Or, conduits. d Dan. 4.11. 6 Or, when it sent them forth. e ch. 17. 23. Dan. 4. 12. f Gen. 2.'8. & 13. 10. ch. 28. 13. EZEKIEL, XXXI. CHAPTER XXXI. 1 A relation unto Pharaoh, 3 of the glory of Assyria, 10 and the fall thereof for pride. 18 The like destruction of Egypt. greatness and fall. CHRIST 588. 13 Upon his ruin shall all the BEFORE fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon AND it came to pass in the eleventh his branches: year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; a Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon 2with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. b 4 4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. 5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. 6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. 7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. 8 The cedars in the 'garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. 9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him. 10 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, 8 Dan.5.20. and his heart is lifted up in his height; 7 Heb. in doing he shall do unto him. h ch. 28.7. I ch. 32. 5. & 35.8. 11 I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. 12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him : upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him. 14 To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for 'they are all delivered unto death, m to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. k Is. 18. 6. ch. 32. 4. Or, stand selves for upon themtheir height. 1 Ps. 82.7. mch. 32. 18. 15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon 'to mourn for him, and all eb. to be the trees of the field fainted for him. black. o Is. 14. 15. PIs. 14.8. 16 I made the nations ton shake ch. 26. 15. at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and Pall the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, 4 shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. ach. 32. 31. 17 They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow Lam.4.20. in the midst of the heathen. B ch. 32. 19. 18 To whom art thou thus like ver. 2. in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD. CHAPTER XXXII. 1 A lamentation for the fearful fall of Egypt. 11 The sword of Babylon shall destroy it. 17 It shall be brought down to hell, among all the uncircumcised nations. ND it came to pass in the twelfth A year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, A lamentation for BEFORE CHRIST 587. f ch. 29. 5. g ch. 31. 13. h ch. 31. 12. of thy swim EZEKIEL, XXXII. thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net. Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. 5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height. 6 I will also water with thy blood 20r the land the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. ming. 3 Or, extinguish. i Is. 13. 10. Joel 2. 31. & 3. 15. Amos 8. 9. Matt. 24. 29. Rev. 6. 12, 13. 4 Heb. lights of the light in heaven. 5 Heb. them dark. 6 Heb. provoke to anger, or, grief. k ch. 27.35. 1 ch. 26. 16. m. Jer. 46.26. ch. 30. 4. n ch. 28. 7. • ch. 29. 19. p ch. 29. 11. 7 And when I shall 3put thee out, 'I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. 8 All the 'bright lights of heaven will I make 'dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. 9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. 10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and 'they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall. m 11 For thus saith the Lord Gon; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee. 12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, "the terrible of the nations, all of them and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. 13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; P neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. 14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GoD. 15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall 7 Heb. deso-be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know tha I am the LORD. late from the fulness thereof. q Ex. 7.5. & 14. 4, 18. Ps. 9. 16. ch. 6. 7. 16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the Chr. 85.25. daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even r ver. 2. 2 Sam. 1. 17. ch. 26. 17. the fall of Egypt. 24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised & ver. 21. into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. 25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. |