English Standard Version
Ezekiel 29:2
2"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt;
Ezekiel 29:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
- New International Version (NIV)“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Son of man, turn and face Egypt and prophesy against Pharaoh the king and all the people of Egypt.
Context of Ezekiel 29:2
1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt; 3speak, 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.' 4I 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.
Read all of Ezekiel 29Ezekiel 29:2 word by word
בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם שִׂ֣ים פָּנֶ֔יךָ עַל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהִנָּבֵ֣א עָלָ֔יו וְעַל־מִצְרַ֖יִם כֻּלָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 29:2
- Ezekiel 6:2"Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
- Ezekiel 20:46"Son of man, set your face toward the southland; preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb.
- Ezekiel 21:2"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
- Ezekiel 25:2"Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
- Ezekiel 28:21"Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her
- Jeremiah 44:30Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life."
- Ezekiel 30:1The word of the Lord came to me:
- Isaiah 18:1Ah, land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush,
- Isaiah 20:1In the year that the commander in chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and fought against it and captured it—
- Jeremiah 9:25"Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh—
- Jeremiah 25:18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day;
- Jeremiah 43:8Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes:
- Jeremiah 46:2About Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
- Joel 3:19"Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the people of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
- Zechariah 14:18And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain; there shall be the plague with which the Lord afflicts the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 29:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt - This was Pharaoh-hophra or Pharaoh-apries, whom we have so frequently met with in the prophecies of Jeremiah, and much of whose history has been given in the notes.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-21The seventh and final message of judgment against the nations targets Egypt, an old enemy and ally of Israel. This message is the longest and, like the one against Tyre, it addresses both Egypt and its ruler. Egypt often tempted Israel and Judah to turn away from their loyalty to the Lord. Soon after leaving Egypt, Israel fell into the trap of Egypt's idolatry. Egypt led Judah to rely on chariots and horses instead of the Lord, but Egypt was unreliable…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-21This is the last of the world kingdoms against which Ezekiel's prophecies are directed, and occupies the largest space in them, namely, the next four chapters. Though farther off than Tyre, it exercised a more powerful influence on Israel. 2. Pharaoh--a common name of all the kings of Egypt, meaning "the sun"; or, as others say, a "crocodile," which was worshipped in parts of Egypt (compare Eze 29:3). Hophra or Apries was on the throne at this time. His…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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