King James Version
Ezekiel 30
26 verses with commentary
A Lament for Egypt
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
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KJV Study Commentary
This prophetic formula introduces another oracle against Egypt, emphasizing God's initiative in revelation. The repetition of 'the word of the LORD came unto me' throughout Ezekiel underscores prophetic authority—these are not human opinions but divine declarations. True prophecy always originates with God, never with human will (2 Peter 1:21).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
22-24. (Mal 3:6).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 30
Troubles which shall be before the restoration of Israel. (Jr 30:1-11) Encouragement to trust Divine promises. (Jr 30:12-17) The blessings under Christ, and the wrath on the wicked. (Jr 30:18-24)
**Verses 1-11** Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are such as the Holy Ghost teaches. These are the words God ordered to be written; and promises written by ...
Read full commentary →Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
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The command to 'Howl ye, Woe worth the day!' introduces lament language—appropriate response to coming judgment. The emotional intensity reveals that judgment is never something God delights in (Ezekiel 18:32, 33:11). The commanded wailing shows that recognition of judgment should produce grief, not cavalier indifference.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
25-27. The repetition of "good" at the beginning of each of the three verses heightens the effect.
**wait--**(Is 30:18).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 30
Troubles which shall be before the restoration of Israel. (Jr 30:1-11) Encouragement to trust Divine promises. (Jr 30:12-17) The blessings under Christ, and the wrath on the wicked. (Jr 30:18-24)
**Verses 1-11** Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are such as the Holy Ghost teaches. These are the words God ordered to be written; and promises written by ...
Read full commentary →For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
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The 'day of the LORD' is a major prophetic theme denoting divine intervention in history for judgment and salvation. Here it targets Egypt but also includes 'the time of the heathen'—God's judgment extends to all nations. The 'cloudy day' metaphor suggests darkness, gloom, and divine wrath. This principle finds ultimate fulfillment in Christ's return (2 Peter 3:10).
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(3) **The time of the heathen.—**The judgment upon Egypt is but an individual instance, and is symbolic of general judgment upon all merely worldly power. Her fall is one step in the general overthrow of whatever exalts and opposes itself to God. Very similar to Ezekiel 30:2-3 are the prophecies in Isaiah 13:6; Isaiah 13:9; Joel 1:13; Joel 1:15; Joel 2:2; Obadiah 1:15; Zephaniah 1:7; Zephaniah 1:1...
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25-27. The repetition of "good" at the beginning of each of the three verses heightens the effect.
**wait--**(Is 30:18).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 30
Troubles which shall be before the restoration of Israel. (Jr 30:1-11) Encouragement to trust Divine promises. (Jr 30:12-17) The blessings under Christ, and the wrath on the wicked. (Jr 30:18-24)
**Verses 1-11** Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are such as the Holy Ghost teaches. These are the words God ordered to be written; and promises written by ...
Read full commentary →And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great 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. pain: or, fear
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The 'sword' represents military conquest, specifically Babylon's invasion. Egypt's 'pain' and Ethiopia's 'great pain' indicate widespread suffering. The phrase 'they shall take away her multitude' depicts deportation and plundering. God's judgments often come through secondary causes (pagan armies) while remaining sovereignly directed by Him.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
25-27. The repetition of "good" at the beginning of each of the three verses heightens the effect.
**wait--**(Is 30:18).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 30
Troubles which shall be before the restoration of Israel. (Jr 30:1-11) Encouragement to trust Divine promises. (Jr 30:12-17) The blessings under Christ, and the wrath on the wicked. (Jr 30:18-24)
**Verses 1-11** Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are such as the Holy Ghost teaches. These are the words God ordered to be written; and promises written by ...
Read full commentary →Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. Libya: Heb. Phut men: Heb. children
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This comprehensive list (Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, 'mingled people,' and 'men of the land that is in league') shows Egypt's widespread alliances, all of whom would share her fate. Dependence on human alliances provides false security. The phrase 'fall by the sword' indicates violent military defeat across Egypt's entire alliance network.
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(5) **Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia.**—Ethiopia and Egypt were closely connected, and during much of their history were often under one government. Ethiopian soldiers served in great numbers in the Egyptian armies. Libya and Lydia are an unfortunate substitution for the original terms, Phut and Lud, which are preserved in Ezekiel 27:10, where see Note. They are there mentioned as furnishing merce...
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28-30. The fruit of true docility and patience. He does not fight against the yoke (Jr 31:18; Ac 9:5), but accommodates himself to it.
**alone--**The heathen applauded magnanimity, but they looked to display and the praise of men. The child of God, in the absence of any witness, "alone," silently submits to the will of God.
**borne it upon him--**that is, because he is used to bearing it on hi...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 30
Troubles which shall be before the restoration of Israel. (Jr 30:1-11) Encouragement to trust Divine promises. (Jr 30:12-17) The blessings under Christ, and the wrath on the wicked. (Jr 30:18-24)
**Verses 1-11** Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are such as the Holy Ghost teaches. These are the words God ordered to be written; and promises written by ...
Read full commentary →Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. from: or, from Migdol to Syene
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God declares that Egypt's 'supporters shall fall' and 'her pride of power shall come down.' Pride in military might, economic strength, and political influence would all collapse. The geographical extent 'from Migdol to Syene' (north to south) shows comprehensive judgment. Egypt's fall demonstrates that all earthly power is contingent, while God's sovereignty is absolute.
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(6) **From the tower of Syene**.—From Migdol to Syene. (See Note on Ezekiel 29:10.)
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
28-30. The fruit of true docility and patience. He does not fight against the yoke (Jr 31:18; Ac 9:5), but accommodates himself to it.
**alone--**The heathen applauded magnanimity, but they looked to display and the praise of men. The child of God, in the absence of any witness, "alone," silently submits to the will of God.
**borne it upon him--**that is, because he is used to bearing it on hi...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 30
Troubles which shall be before the restoration of Israel. (Jr 30:1-11) Encouragement to trust Divine promises. (Jr 30:12-17) The blessings under Christ, and the wrath on the wicked. (Jr 30:18-24)
**Verses 1-11** Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are such as the Holy Ghost teaches. These are the words God ordered to be written; and promises written by ...
Read full commentary →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.
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Egypt would be 'desolate in the midst of countries that are desolate'—not unique in judgment but sharing the fate of other judged nations. This removes any sense of exceptional treatment. Egypt's cities would be 'in the midst of cities that are wasted,' showing comprehensive regional judgment. God's justice operates consistently across all peoples.
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(7) **Shall be desolate**.—This verse is almost an exact repetition of Ezekiel 29:12.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
28-30. The fruit of true docility and patience. He does not fight against the yoke (Jr 31:18; Ac 9:5), but accommodates himself to it.
**alone--**The heathen applauded magnanimity, but they looked to display and the praise of men. The child of God, in the absence of any witness, "alone," silently submits to the will of God.
**borne it upon him--**that is, because he is used to bearing it on hi...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 30
Troubles which shall be before the restoration of Israel. (Jr 30:1-11) Encouragement to trust Divine promises. (Jr 30:12-17) The blessings under Christ, and the wrath on the wicked. (Jr 30:18-24)
**Verses 1-11** Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are such as the Holy Ghost teaches. These are the words God ordered to be written; and promises written by ...
Read full commentary →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. destroyed: Heb. broken
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The covenant formula 'they shall know that I am the LORD' reveals judgment's revelatory purpose. Even Egypt's pagan populace would recognize Yahweh's sovereignty through fulfilled prophecy. The phrase 'when I have set a fire in Egypt' uses fire as judgment metaphor—comprehensive, purifying, devastating. God's judgments make His character known.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
31-33. True repentance is never without hope (Psa 94:14).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 30
Troubles which shall be before the restoration of Israel. (Jr 30:1-11) Encouragement to trust Divine promises. (Jr 30:12-17) The blessings under Christ, and the wrath on the wicked. (Jr 30:18-24)
**Verses 1-11** Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are such as the Holy Ghost teaches. These are the words God ordered to be written; and promises written by ...
Read full commentary →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.
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God would send 'messengers' in ships to terrify 'the careless Ethiopians,' bringing 'great pain' as in Egypt's day. Ethiopia's false security ('carelessness') would be shattered by witnessing Egypt's judgment. This reveals that God's judgments serve warning purposes for others. Events in history teach spiritual lessons for those who have eyes to see.
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(9) **Messengers go forth from me in ships.**—Comp. Isaiah 18:1-2. This does not mean the army of Nebuchadnezzar, which did not penetrate into Ethiopia, but the flying Egyptians, who ascend the Nile to seek safety in Ethiopia, and alarm it with the tidings of Egypt’s fall. The “careless” are the secure Ethiopians. “As in the day of Egypt” is a reference to a past event, and can only mean, as in th...
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31-33. True repentance is never without hope (Psa 94:14).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 30
Troubles which shall be before the restoration of Israel. (Jr 30:1-11) Encouragement to trust Divine promises. (Jr 30:12-17) The blessings under Christ, and the wrath on the wicked. (Jr 30:18-24)
**Verses 1-11** Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are such as the Holy Ghost teaches. These are the words God ordered to be written; and promises written by ...
Read full commentary →Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
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God will 'make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.' This explicitly identifies Babylon as God's instrument. Though Nebuchadnezzar acted from his own ambitions, God sovereignly directed his campaigns to accomplish divine purposes. This reveals God's absolute control over history, using even pagan rulers to execute His will.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
31-33. True repentance is never without hope (Psa 94:14).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 30
Troubles which shall be before the restoration of Israel. (Jr 30:1-11) Encouragement to trust Divine promises. (Jr 30:12-17) The blessings under Christ, and the wrath on the wicked. (Jr 30:18-24)
**Verses 1-11** Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are such as the Holy Ghost teaches. These are the words God ordered to be written; and promises written by ...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land</strong>—Nebuchadnezzar and his army, described as עָרִיצֵי גוֹיִם (ʿārîṣê gôyim, 'the ruthless/violent ones of nations'), would devastate Egypt. The term עָרִיץ (ʿārîṣ) describes brutal, terrifying military power without mercy.<br><br><strong>And they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fi...
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34-36. This triplet has an infinitive in the beginning of each verse, the governing finite verb being in the end of La 3:36, "the Lord approveth not," which is to be repeated in each verse. Jeremiah here anticipates and answers the objections which the Jews might start, that it was by His connivance they were "crushed under the feet" of those who "turned aside the right of a man." God approves (li...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 30
Troubles which shall be before the restoration of Israel. (Jr 30:1-11) Encouragement to trust Divine promises. (Jr 30:12-17) The blessings under Christ, and the wrath on the wicked. (Jr 30:18-24)
**Verses 1-11** Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are such as the Holy Ghost teaches. These are the words God ordered to be written; and promises written by ...
Read full commentary →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. dry: Heb. drought all: Heb. the fulness thereof
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<strong>And I will make the rivers dry</strong>—The Nile, Egypt's lifeblood, would be turned into יַבָּשָׁה (yabbāshāh, 'dry ground'). This echoes the Exodus plagues (Exodus 7:14-24) and demonstrates God's power over Egypt's source of life and pride.<br><br><strong>And sell the land into the hand of the wicked</strong>—God would מָכַר (mākar, 'sell/hand over') Egypt to רָעִים (rāʿîm, 'evil/wicked ...
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(12) **Make the rivers dry—***i.e.,* the canals of Egypt, by which the land was irrigated, and on which its fertility depended. It may also include the comparative drying, the lessening of the inundation of the Nile, which occurred from time to time, and was the cause of the various famines in Egypt mentioned in Scripture.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
34-36. This triplet has an infinitive in the beginning of each verse, the governing finite verb being in the end of La 3:36, "the Lord approveth not," which is to be repeated in each verse. Jeremiah here anticipates and answers the objections which the Jews might start, that it was by His connivance they were "crushed under the feet" of those who "turned aside the right of a man." God approves (li...
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**Verses 12-17** When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lusts. Yet, though the captives suffered justly, and could not help themselves, the Lord intended to appear for them, and to punish their oppressors; and he will still do so. But every effort to heal ourselves must prove fruitless, so long...
Read full commentary →Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
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<strong>Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph</strong>—נֹף (Nōph, Memphis), Egypt's ancient capital and religious center. גִּלּוּלִים (gillûlîm, 'idols/dung-gods') and אֱלִילִים (ĕlîlîm, 'worthless images') would cease (שִׁבַּתִּי, shabbattî, 'cause to cease').<br><br>Egypt's vast pantheon—Ra, Osiris, Isis, Ptah, Apis bull—would ...
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(13) **Noph.**—A contraction of Menoph, Memphis, the capital of Lower Egypt, situated in the region of the Pyramids, the seat of several dynasties, one of the chief centres of Egyptian idolatry, and celebrated for its Temple of Ptah.
**There shall be no more a prince is to be** understood, in accordance with the rest of the prophecy, not absolutely, but relatively: there shall be no more a native ...
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34-36. This triplet has an infinitive in the beginning of each verse, the governing finite verb being in the end of La 3:36, "the Lord approveth not," which is to be repeated in each verse. Jeremiah here anticipates and answers the objections which the Jews might start, that it was by His connivance they were "crushed under the feet" of those who "turned aside the right of a man." God approves (li...
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**Verses 12-17** When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lusts. Yet, though the captives suffered justly, and could not help themselves, the Lord intended to appear for them, and to punish their oppressors; and he will still do so. But every effort to heal ourselves must prove fruitless, so long...
Read full commentary →And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. Zoan: or, Tanis
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<strong>And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No</strong>—Three Egyptian regions: פַּתְרוֹס (Patrôs, Upper Egypt/southern region), צֹעַן (Ṣōʿan, Zoan/Tanis in the Delta), and נֹא (Nōʾ, No/Thebes, the great southern capital). God's judgment spans all Egypt, north to south.<br><br>נָתַתִּי אֵשׁ (nātattî ʾēsh, 'set fire') indicates complete destruc...
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(14) **Pathros . . . Zoan** . . . **No.—**For Pathros, see Note on Ezekiel 29:14. Zoan (see Numbers 13:22; Isaiah 19:11) is Tanis, a city of Lower Egypt, on the Tanitic branch of the Nile. No, mentioned again in the next Verse, more fully written No-Amon (Nahum 3:8), is the celebrated Thebes of Upper Egypt, still famous for its ruins at Luxor and Karnac. The mention of these various cities is to m...
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37-39. Who is it that can (as God, Psa 33:9) effect by a word anything, without the will of God?
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 12-17** When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lusts. Yet, though the captives suffered justly, and could not help themselves, the Lord intended to appear for them, and to punish their oppressors; and he will still do so. But every effort to heal ourselves must prove fruitless, so long...
Read full commentary →And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. Sin: or, Pelusium
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<strong>And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt</strong>—סִין (Sîn, Pelusium), Egypt's eastern fortress city guarding against Asian invasion. חֲמָתִי (ḥămātî, 'my wrath') would be poured out (שָׁפַךְ, shāphak) on מָעוֹז מִצְרַיִם (māʿôz miṣrayim, 'the stronghold of Egypt').<br><br><strong>And I will cut off the multitude of No</strong>—Thebes' הָמוֹן (hāmôn, 'multitude/wealth/popul...
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(15) **Sin **is Pelusium, so called from the marshes around it, on the easternmost branch of the Nile, only two-and-a-half miles from the sea. It was the frontier city, strongly fortified, and considered rightly as the key of Egypt, and hence called in the text its “strength.” It is mentioned again in Ezekiel 30:16. The expression, “distresses daily” (literally, *by day*)*,* applied to Noph (Memph...
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37-39. Who is it that can (as God, Psa 33:9) effect by a word anything, without the will of God?
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 12-17** When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lusts. Yet, though the captives suffered justly, and could not help themselves, the Lord intended to appear for them, and to punish their oppressors; and he will still do so. But every effort to heal ourselves must prove fruitless, so long...
Read full commentary →And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
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<strong>And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain</strong>—נָתַתִּי אֵשׁ (nātattî ʾēsh, 'I will set fire') repeats from verse 14. חִיל תָּחִיל (ḥîl tāḥîl, 'writhe in pain'), using doubled root for emphasis—agonizing suffering.<br><br><strong>And No shall be rent asunder</strong>—לְהִבָּקֵעַ (lĕhibbāqēaʿ, 'to be split/breached'). The verb בָּקַע (bāqaʿ) describes violently splitting o...
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37-39. Who is it that can (as God, Psa 33:9) effect by a word anything, without the will of God?
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 12-17** When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lusts. Yet, though the captives suffered justly, and could not help themselves, the Lord intended to appear for them, and to punish their oppressors; and he will still do so. But every effort to heal ourselves must prove fruitless, so long...
Read full commentary →The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. Aven: or, Heliopolis Pibeseth: or, Pubastum
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<strong>The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword</strong>—אָוֶן (ʾĀwen, On/Heliopolis, sun-worship center) and פִּי־בֶסֶת (Pî-beset, Bubastis, cat-goddess Bastet worship center). בַּחוּרִים (baḥûrîm, 'young men/warriors') would fall בַּחֶרֶב (baḥereb, 'by the sword')—military-age men killed in battle.<br><br><strong>And these cities shall go into captivity</strong>—וְהֵנָּה ב...
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(17) **Of Aven and of Pi-beseth.—**Aven is the same as On of Genesis 41:45; Genesis 41:50, and as Bethshemesh (House of the Sun) of Jeremiah 43:13, the Heliopolis of the Greeks, so called because from the remotest times a chief seat of the worship of the sun. The vowel points are slightly changed from On to make Aven, *nothingness,* often used of idols. Pi-beseth, on the monuments *Pi-Pasht—*so ca...
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**40-42. us--**Jeremiah and his fellow countrymen in their calamity.
**search--**as opposed to the torpor wherewith men rest only on their outward sufferings, without attending to the cause of them (Psa 139:23, 24).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 12-17** When God is against a people, who will be for them? Who can be for them, so as to do them any kindness? Incurable griefs are owing to incurable lusts. Yet, though the captives suffered justly, and could not help themselves, the Lord intended to appear for them, and to punish their oppressors; and he will still do so. But every effort to heal ourselves must prove fruitless, so long...
Read full commentary →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. darkened: or, restrained
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<strong>At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened</strong>—תַּחְפַּנְחֵס (Taḥpanḥēs, Tahpanhes/Daphne), a city in the eastern Delta where Jewish refugees fled after Jerusalem's fall (Jeremiah 43:7-9). חָשַׂךְ הַיּוֹם (ḥāsak hayyôm, 'the day shall be dark/restrained')—imagery of judgment (Amos 5:18-20, Joel 2:31).<br><br><strong>When I shall break there the yokes of Egypt</strong>—God will שָׁב...
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(18) **Tehaphnehes.—**(Jeremiah 2:16; Jeremiah 43:7-9; Jeremiah 44:1; Jeremiah 46:14.) Otherwise called Tahpanhes; the city Daphne, also a frontier town near Pelusium, strongly fortified. It may be especially mentioned, because the Jews who fled from Palestine through fear of Nebuchadnezzar had taken refuge there (Jeremiah 43, 44).
**The day shall be darkened.—**This is a common prophetic form of ...
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**40-42. us--**Jeremiah and his fellow countrymen in their calamity.
**search--**as opposed to the torpor wherewith men rest only on their outward sufferings, without attending to the cause of them (Psa 139:23, 24).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 18-24** We have here further intimations of the favour of God for them after the days of their calamity have expired. The proper work and office of Christ, as Mediator, is to draw near unto God, for us, as the High Priest of our profession. His own undertaking, in compliance with his Father's will, and in compassion to fallen man, engaged him. Jesus Christ was, in all this, truly wonderfu...
Read full commentary →Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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<strong>Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt</strong>—The section concludes: וְעָשִׂיתִי שְׁפָטִים בְּמִצְרַיִם (wĕʿāsîtî shĕphāṭîm bĕmiṣrayim, 'and I will do judgments in Egypt'). The verb עָשָׂה (ʿāsāh, 'to do/make') emphasizes God's active execution of justice, not passive observation.<br><br><strong>And they shall know that I am the LORD</strong>—The inevitable recognition formula: וְיָדְעוּ...
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**40-42. us--**Jeremiah and his fellow countrymen in their calamity.
**search--**as opposed to the torpor wherewith men rest only on their outward sufferings, without attending to the cause of them (Psa 139:23, 24).
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**Verses 18-24** We have here further intimations of the favour of God for them after the days of their calamity have expired. The proper work and office of Christ, as Mediator, is to draw near unto God, for us, as the High Priest of our profession. His own undertaking, in compliance with his Father's will, and in compassion to fallen man, engaged him. Jesus Christ was, in all this, truly wonderfu...
Read full commentary →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,
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<strong>In the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month</strong>—April 587 BC, during Jerusalem's siege. <strong>The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt</strong>—זְרוֹעַ פַּרְעֹה (zĕrôaʿ parʿōh, 'the arm of Pharaoh') symbolizes military power. שָׁבַרְתִּי (shābartî, 'I have broken') is past tense—already accomp...
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(20) **The eleventh year.—**This was the year of the fall of Jerusalem, and the present prophecy (Ezekiel 30:20-26) was uttered a little more than three months and a half before its destruction. Very likely this prophecy had its occasion in the temporary raising of the siege of Jerusalem by Pharaoh-Hophra, and Nebuchadnezzar’s driving him away, the news of which would have been some months in reac...
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**43-45. covered--**namely, thyself (so La 3:44), so as not to see and pity our calamities, for even the most cruel in seeing a sad spectacle are moved to pity. Compare as to God "hiding His face," Psa 10:11; 22:25.
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**Verses 18-24** We have here further intimations of the favour of God for them after the days of their calamity have expired. The proper work and office of Christ, as Mediator, is to draw near unto God, for us, as the High Priest of our profession. His own undertaking, in compliance with his Father's will, and in compassion to fallen man, engaged him. Jesus Christ was, in all this, truly wonderfu...
Read full commentary →Son of man, I have broken 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.
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<strong>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt</strong>—הִנְנִי אֶל־פַּרְעֹה (hinnĕnî ʾel-parʿōh, 'behold, I am against Pharaoh'), the lawsuit formula. <strong>And will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken</strong>—God will break both זְרֹעֹתָיו (zĕrōʿōtāyw, 'his arms'—plural): הַחֲזָקָה (haḥăzāqāh, 'the strong one') and הַנִּשְׁבָּרֶת (hanni...
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(21) **I have broken.—**This is in the perfect tense, and refers to the breaking of the power of Egypt by the former conquests of Assyria, and perhaps especially to the great battle of Carchemish (about twenty years before), in which Egypt received a blow from which she never recovered. The word “roller” would be better understood now if translated *bandage.*
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**43-45. covered--**namely, thyself (so La 3:44), so as not to see and pity our calamities, for even the most cruel in seeing a sad spectacle are moved to pity. Compare as to God "hiding His face," Psa 10:11; 22:25.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 18-24** We have here further intimations of the favour of God for them after the days of their calamity have expired. The proper work and office of Christ, as Mediator, is to draw near unto God, for us, as the High Priest of our profession. His own undertaking, in compliance with his Father's will, and in compassion to fallen man, engaged him. Jesus Christ was, in all this, truly wonderfu...
Read full commentary →Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
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<strong>And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon</strong>—While Egypt's arms are broken, Babylon's are strengthened (חִזַּקְתִּי, ḥizzaqtî, 'I will make strong') God's זְרֹעוֹת (zĕrōʿôt, 'arms'). <strong>And will put my sword in his hand</strong>—God arms Babylon with חַרְבִּי (ḥarbî, 'my sword'). Though Babylon is pagan, the sword she wields belongs to YHWH—it executes His judgment.<...
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(22) **The strong, and that which was broken—***i.e.,* the whole power of Egypt, both in so far as already crippled, and in so far as it still retained strength.
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**43-45. covered--**namely, thyself (so La 3:44), so as not to see and pity our calamities, for even the most cruel in seeing a sad spectacle are moved to pity. Compare as to God "hiding His face," Psa 10:11; 22:25.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 18-24** We have here further intimations of the favour of God for them after the days of their calamity have expired. The proper work and office of Christ, as Mediator, is to draw near unto God, for us, as the High Priest of our profession. His own undertaking, in compliance with his Father's will, and in compassion to fallen man, engaged him. Jesus Christ was, in all this, truly wonderfu...
Read full commentary →And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
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<strong>And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them among the countries</strong>—הֲפִיצוֹתִי (hăphîṣôtî, 'I will scatter') and זֵרִיתִי (zērîtî, 'I will disperse/winnow') describe exile and deportation. Egypt would experience what she once inflicted on others—population displacement.<br><br>This threat echoes Israel's covenant curses (Deuteronomy 28:64), but applied ...
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(23) **Will scatter the Egyptians.—**Repeated verbally in Ezekiel 30:26. (See Note on Ezekiel 29:12.)
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46-48. Pe is put before Ain (La 3:43, 46), as in La 2:16, 17; 4:16, 17. (La 2:16.)
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 18-24** We have here further intimations of the favour of God for them after the days of their calamity have expired. The proper work and office of Christ, as Mediator, is to draw near unto God, for us, as the High Priest of our profession. His own undertaking, in compliance with his Father's will, and in compassion to fallen man, engaged him. Jesus Christ was, in all this, truly wonderfu...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down</strong>—Repetition from verse 22 emphasizes the contrast. זְרֹעוֹת (zĕrōʿôt, 'arms') of Babylon strengthened; פַּרְעֹה (parʿōh, Pharaoh's) תִּפֹּלְנָה (tippōlĕnāh, 'shall fall/drop down')—image of lifeless limbs hanging useless.<br><br><strong>And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall...
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46-48. Pe is put before Ain (La 3:43, 46), as in La 2:16, 17; 4:16, 17. (La 2:16.)
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 18-24** We have here further intimations of the favour of God for them after the days of their calamity have expired. The proper work and office of Christ, as Mediator, is to draw near unto God, for us, as the High Priest of our profession. His own undertaking, in compliance with his Father's will, and in compassion to fallen man, engaged him. Jesus Christ was, in all this, truly wonderfu...
Read full commentary →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, 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.
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<strong>And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries</strong>—Exact repetition of verse 23, forming an inclusio (literary bookend) around verses 23-25. This repetition underscores the certainty and completeness of Egypt's judgment.<br><br>Hebrew poetry and prophecy use repetition for emphasis. Stating Egypt's scattering twice within three verses stresse...
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46-48. Pe is put before Ain (La 3:43, 46), as in La 2:16, 17; 4:16, 17. (La 2:16.)
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Chapter 30
Troubles which shall be before the restoration of Israel. (Jr 30:1-11) Encouragement to trust Divine promises. (Jr 30:12-17) The blessings under Christ, and the wrath on the wicked. (Jr 30:18-24)
**Verses 1-11** Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are such as the Holy Ghost teaches. These are the words God ordered to be written; and promises written by ...
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<strong>And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have scattered them among the nations, and dispersed them in the countries</strong>—The final recognition formula for this section. וְיָדְעוּ כִּי־אֲנִי יְהוָה (wĕyādĕʿû kî-ănî YHWH, 'and they shall know that I am the LORD') comes through experiencing described judgment: scattering and dispersal.<br><br>This concludes the 'broken arms' oracle ...
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**49-51. without ... intermission--**or else, "because there is no intermission" [Piscator], namely, of my miseries.
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Chapter 30
Troubles which shall be before the restoration of Israel. (Jr 30:1-11) Encouragement to trust Divine promises. (Jr 30:12-17) The blessings under Christ, and the wrath on the wicked. (Jr 30:18-24)
**Verses 1-11** Jeremiah is to write what God had spoken to him. The very words are such as the Holy Ghost teaches. These are the words God ordered to be written; and promises written by ...
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