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, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD 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 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 it for myself. 4And 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, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy 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
• manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• prophesyנָבָאnâbâ' · to prophesyH5012
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605

Cross-references for Ezekiel 29:2

• Ezekiel 6:2Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy unto 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 field in the South;
• Ezekiel 21:2Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
• Ezekiel 25:2Son of man, set thy face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them:
• Ezekiel 28:21Son of man, set thy face toward Zidon, and prophesy against it,
• Jeremiah 44:30Thus saith the LORD: 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 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
• Ezekiel 30:1The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
• Isaiah 18:1Ah, the land of the rustling of 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 he fought against Ashdod and took it;
• Jeremiah 9:25Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised in their uncircumcision;
• 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 the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
• Jeremiah 46:2Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar 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 done to 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, neither shall it be upon them; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the nations that go 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

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