Ezekiel 29:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. ”

Ezekiel 29:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 29-32. Oracle against Egypt. Next and last to be denounced is Egypt, the great rival of Babylon, and consequently the opponent of Yahweh's purpose. The separate oracles were written either...
Ezekiel 29:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

basest . lowest.
Ezekiel 29:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
Ezekiel 29:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

It shall be the basest of the kingdoms— By base kingdoms is meant, that it should be tributary and subject to strangers, for the much greater part of the time. This is the purport and meaning of...
Ezekiel 29:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. No JFB commentary on...
Ezekiel 29:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Destruction of the Crocodile Pharaoh is compared to the crocodile of the Nile. God will drag him forth with hooks, and cast him, with the fish that stick to his scales, into the wilderness, as...
Ezekiel 29:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

EGYPT Ezekiel 29:1-21 ; Ezekiel 30:1-26 ; Ezekiel 31:1-18 ; Ezekiel 32:1-32 EGYPT figures in the prophecies of Ezekiel as a great world-power cherishing projects of universal dominion. Once...
Ezekiel 29:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel then uttered the doom of one. Egypt had been the principal foe of the people of God, and against her were uttered seven prophecies, which are placed here in an order of purpose rather than in...
Ezekiel 29:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Remark, I pray you, Reader, the blessedness of this promise. Egypt, as a Gentile nation, is to be gathered; and though ever after she is to be kept in the greatest humbleness, yea, as a base nation,...
Ezekiel 29:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it shall be the basest of the kingdoms ,.... That belonged to the Persian monarchy, or to the Macedonian empire, being more kept under than the rest, lest it should regain its former strength an...
Ezekiel 29:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. Ver. 15. It shall be the...
Ezekiel 29:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt This captivity of the Egyptians, though not taken notice of by Herodotus, is mentioned by Berosus, in one of the fragments of his history, quoted by Jo...
Ezekiel 29:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Fall and Restoration of Egypt. B. C. 589. 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord G OD ; Behol...
Ezekiel 29:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The basest; the most abject, debased, and most underling. It is likely the kings to whom Egypt was tributary kept them lowest, as knowing how dangerous that kingdom might be, as it recovered its an...
Ezekiel 29:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The First Oracle Against Egypt ( Ezekiel 29:1-16 ). In this oracle Egypt is likened to a monster crocodile which Yahweh will hunt and dispose of (2-5), because of Pharaoh's pretensions ( Ezekiel 2...
Ezekiel 29:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE FIRST OF FOUR Chapter S DIRECTED AGAINST EGYPT (Chap. 29) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—“Pharaoh, a monarch with whom the Hebrews were frequently in contact, is represented as vaunting in the security of hi...
Ezekiel 29:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 29:2 . Set thy face against Pharaoh. Against the dragon, the alligator, for the Nile once had alligators. The figurative language here is very majestic, and calculated to impress the Egypt...
Ezekiel 29:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezekiel 29:1 In the tenth year , etc. The precision with which the dates of the several portions of the prophecy against Egypt are given, here and in Ezekiel 29:17 ; Ezekiel 3...
Ezekiel 29:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Destruction of Pharaoh's Power and the Subsequent Restoration of Egypt
Ezekiel 29:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 11:42 ; Daniel 11:43 ; Ezekiel 17:14 ; Ezekiel 17:6 ; Ezekiel 30:13 ; Ezekiel 31:2 ; Ezekiel 32:2 ; Nahum 3:8 ; Nahum 3:9 ; Zechariah 10:11
Ezekiel 29:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

No more rule — Though in the times of the Ptolemeys, it was considerable, yet then, even then it did not rule the nations about her.

Ezekiel 29:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 29:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 29:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 29:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 29:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 29:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 29:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 29:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 29:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 29:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 29:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 29:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 29:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 29:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 29:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 29:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 29:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 29:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 29:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 29:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 29:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes