Ezekiel 29:4

Ezekiel 29:4

2 “Son of man, ^aset your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and ^bagainst all Egypt.

3 Speak, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
^a“Behold, I am against you,
O Pharaoh king of Egypt,
O great ^bmonster who lies in the midst of his rivers,
^cWho has said, ‘My¹ River is my own;
I have made it for myself.’

4 But ^aI will put hooks in your jaws,
And cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales;
I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers,
And all the fish in your rivers will stick to your scales.

5 I will leave you in the wilderness,
You and all the fish of your rivers;
You shall fall on the¹ open ^afield;
^bYou shall not be picked up or¹ gathered.
^cI have given you as food
To the beasts of the field
And to the birds of the heavens.

6 “Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
Shall know that I am the Lord,
Because they have been a ^astaff of reed to the house of Israel.

7 ^aWhen they took hold of you with the hand,
You broke and tore all their¹ shoulders;
When they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their backs quiver.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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hooks in thy jaws— (Isaiah 37:29; compare Job 41:1-2). Amasis was the "hook." In the Assyrian sculptures prisoners are represented with a hook in the underlip, and a cord from it held by the king.

cause . . . fish . . . stick unto . . . scales—Pharaoh, presuming on his power as if he were God (Ezekiel 29:3, "I have made it"), wished to stand in the stead of God as defender of the covenant-people, his motive being, not love to them, but rivalry with Babylon. He raised the siege of Jerusalem, but it was only for a time (compare Ezekiel 29:6; Jeremiah 37:5, Jeremiah 37:7-10); ruin overtook not only them, but himself. As the fish that clung to the horny scales of the crocodile, the lord of the Nile, when he was caught, shared his fate, so the adherents of Pharaoh, lord of Egypt, when he was overthrown by Amasis, should share his fate.

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