Ezekiel 29:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. ”

• Ezekiel 29:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The false confidence of the Israelites “brought to remembrance,” i. e., discovered in the sight of God and man their “iniquity,” i. e., their treachery and perjury to the Chaldaeans; their falsehoo...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth [their] (h) iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD. (h)...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - 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...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  iniquity. Hebrew. avah . App-44. they shall know, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:10 .

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Which bringeth, &c.— Prompting them to mischief when they took after them, &c.

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. It sh...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - 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...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The confidence of the house of Israel. — Here the result of this judgment in God’s providence concerning His people is brought out: they had hitherto continually transgressed by looking to Egypt fo...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - 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...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - 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...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - 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,...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel ,.... It having been treacherous to them, and moreover subdued by the Chaldeans, the Jews, even after their return from captivity, put n...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth [their] iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD. Ver. 16...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  It shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel At the same time that the Jews put confidence in Egypt they distrusted the promises and assistance of God, and forsook him to comply with t...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Fall and Restoration of Egypt. B. C. 589.       8 Therefore thus saith the Lord G OD ; Behol...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The confidence: on every occasion the Jews were wont, against express prohibition, to renew friendship with Egypt, and make leagues for defence by them, and here they sinfully rested, as Isaiah 3...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - 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...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - 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...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - 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...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - 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...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Destruction of Pharaoh's Power and the Subsequent Restoration of Egypt

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 17:18 ; Ezekiel 17:15-17 ; Ezekiel 21:23 ; Ezekiel 28:22-24 ; Ezekiel 28:26 ; Ezekiel 29:21 ; Ezekiel 29:6 ; Ezekiel 29:7 ; Ezekiel 29:9 ; Hebrews 10:17 ; Hebrews 10:3 ; Hosea 12:...

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• Ezekiel 29:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Which — Which sinful reliance on the arm of flesh provoked God to call to mind their other iniquities. When — When they forgot God, and respected Egypt. They — The house of Israel.

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