Ezekiel 29:2
“You human, turn toward Egypt and proclaim the terrible things that will happen to the king of Egypt and all his people.
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Isaiah 20:1One year King Sargon of Assyria sent the chief commander of his army to take his soldiers to capture Ashdod city in Philistia.
Jeremiah 25:17So, in the vision, I took that cup full of wine from Yahweh, and I took it to all the nations to which he sent me, and caused the leaders of those nations to drink some of that wine.
Jeremiah 25:19In the vision I went to Egypt and gave some of the wine to the king and his officials and many of his people,
Jeremiah 44:30I will cause Hophra, the king of Egypt, to be captured by his enemies who want to kill him, just like I caused King Zedekiah of Judah to be captured by the soldiers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.’” And that is what happened several years later.
Ezekiel 6:2“You human, turn toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy about what will happen to them, and say,
Ezekiel 21:2“You human, turn toward Jerusalem. Preach about what will happen to the temple there. Preach about what will happen to the Israeli people.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 29:2-8
Pride of Pharaoh; The Ruin of Pharaoh. ( b. c. 589.) 1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: 3 Speak, 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. 4 But I will put hooks… Read the whole commentary →