Ezekiel 29:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. ”

• Ezekiel 29:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Staff of reed - The “reed” was especially appropriate to Egypt as the natural product of its river.

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• Ezekiel 29:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I [am] the LORD, because they have been a staff of (d) reed to the house of Israel. (d) Read ( 2 Kings 18:21 ; Isaiah 36:6 ).

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• Ezekiel 29:6 - 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 29:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  shall know . See note on Ezekiel 6:7 . a staff of reed . This was by inciting Israel to resist and rebel against Assyria by promises of help which failed. See 2 Kings 18:21 . Isaiah 20:5 ; Isai...

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• Ezekiel 29:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. They have been a staff of reed - An inefficient and faithless ally. Th...

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• Ezekiel 29:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. They have been a staff of reed to ... Israel - alluding to the r...

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• Ezekiel 29:6 - 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 29:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  A staff of reed. — In Isaiah 36:6 the dependence of Judah upon Egypt is described as trust “in the staff of this broken reed;” but notwithstanding all warnings, they still trusted, especially at...

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• Ezekiel 29:6 - 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 29:6 - 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 29:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Here are sad things to be done for the humbling of Egypt, and which God will certainly accomplish. But what I particularly beg the Reader to observe, because it is indeed the general cause the Lord a...

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• Ezekiel 29:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord ,.... Who could eject their king from his kingdom, and deliver him into the hands of his enemy; though he thought no God could, as he b...

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• Ezekiel 29:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I [am] the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. Ver. 6. And all the inhabitants, &c. ] Shall feel my power in t...

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• Ezekiel 29:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel This expression, a staff of reed , is very emphatical, to signify a confidence which has failed those that depended upon it, or has d...

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• Ezekiel 29:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Pride of Pharaoh; The Ruin of Pharaoh. B. C. 589.       1 In the tenth year, in the tenth mon...

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• Ezekiel 29:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This mighty overthrow shall be known through all Egypt, and as it shall fill them with fears and troubles, so it should be a convincing argument to them that God had done this, and punished them, and...

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• Ezekiel 29:6 - 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 29:6 - 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 29:6 - 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 29:6 - 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 29:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

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• Ezekiel 29:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Kings 18:21 ; Exodus 14:18 ; Exodus 9:14 ; Ezekiel 28:22-24 ; Ezekiel 28:26 ; Isaiah 20:5 ; Isaiah 20:6 ; Isaiah 30:2-7 ; Isaiah 31:1-3 ; Isaiah 36:6 ; Jeremiah 2:36 ; Lamentations 4:17...

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