Revised Literal Translation
Ezekiel 29:2
2Son of man, set thy 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.
- 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, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of Yhwh came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: 3Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Yhwh; 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 it for myself. 4But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
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בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם שִׂ֣ים פָּנֶ֔יךָ עַל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהִנָּבֵ֣א עָלָ֔יו וְעַל־מִצְרַ֖יִם כֻּלָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ezekiel 29:2
- Ezekiel 6:2Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
- Ezekiel 20:46Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
- Ezekiel 21:2Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
- Ezekiel 25:2Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
- Ezekiel 28:21Son of man, set thy face against Sidon, and prophesy against it,
- Jeremiah 44:30Thus saith Yhwh; Behold, I will give Pharaoh–hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
- Ezekiel 30:1The word of Yhwh came again unto me, saying,
- Isaiah 18:1Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
- Isaiah 20:1In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
- Jeremiah 9:25Behold, the days come, saith Yhwh, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
- Jeremiah 25:18To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
- Jeremiah 43:8Then came the word of Yhwh unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
- Jeremiah 46:2Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh–necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
- Joel 3:19Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
- Zechariah 14:18And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith Yhwh will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
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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