Ezekiel 29:2

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"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.

Context of Ezekiel 29:2

1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying, “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 monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, That has said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.’ 4I will put hooks in your jaws And make the fish of your rivers cling to your scales. And I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, And all the fish of your rivers will cling to your scales.

Ezekiel 29:2 word by word

בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם שִׂ֣ים פָּנֶ֔יךָ עַל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהִנָּבֵ֣א עָלָ֔יו וְעַל־מִצְרַ֖יִם כֻּלָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• Sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• your faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• and prophesyנָבָאnâbâ' · to prophesyH5012
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605

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 Teman, and speak out against the south and prophesy against the forest land of the Negev,
• Ezekiel 21:2“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and speak against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel;
• Ezekiel 25:2“Son of man, set your face toward the sons of Ammon and prophesy against them,
• Ezekiel 28:21“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, prophesy against her
• Jeremiah 44:30Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I am going to give over Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt to the hand of his enemies, to the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave over Zedekiah king of Judah to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and was seeking his life.’”
• Ezekiel 30:1The word of the Lord came again to me saying,
• Isaiah 18:1Alas, oh land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of Cush,
• Isaiah 20:1In the year that the commander came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured it,
• Jeremiah 9:25“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised--
• Jeremiah 25:18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah and its kings and its princes, to make them a ruin, a horror, a hissing and a curse, as it is this day;
• Jeremiah 43:8Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
• Jeremiah 46:2To Egypt, concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
• Joel 3:19Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood.
• Zechariah 14:18If the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, then no rain will fall on them; it will be the plague with which the Lord smites the nations who do not go up to celebrate 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

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Pharaoh
• Son of man
• Diminish
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Stick
• Isaiah

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