Ezekiel 30:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I will make the rivers dry,d and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. ”

Ezekiel 30:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 30. The Desolation of Egypt. The interrupted denunciation of Egypt is resumed. The neighbours and allies will be involved in her ruin, which is to be effected by Nebuchadrezzar and his terr...
Ezekiel 30:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wicked. Hebrew. ra'a . App-44.
Ezekiel 30:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it . I will m...
Ezekiel 30:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will make the rivers dry, &c.— "I will destroy the strength of Egypt." The metaphor is taken from the decrease or falling of the Nile, upon the overflowings of which all the plenty and prospe...
Ezekiel 30:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. I...
Ezekiel 30:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadrezzar No special enemy of Egypt has been mentioned in Ezekiel 29:1-16 , but the king of Babylon is now pointed out as its conqueror.
Ezekiel 30:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Make the rivers dry — i.e., the canals of Egypt, by which the land was irrigated, and on which its fertility depended. It may also include the comparative drying, the lessening of the inundation...
Ezekiel 30:12 - 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 30:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The third prophecy described the process by which Nebuchadnezzar would accomplish the purpose of Jehovah. It opens with an introductory word announcing the nearness of the day of the Lord, and forete...
Ezekiel 30:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord's anger will be excited against all that come to the help of Egypt; for this is rebellion against the Lord. Reader! it is an awful thing to be found fighting against God. When good King Josi...
Ezekiel 30:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will make the rivers dry ,.... Egypt was a country that abounded with rivers; however, with canals cut from the river Nile; its wealth and riches very much depended here on, partly on account...
Ezekiel 30:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken [it]. Ver....
Ezekiel 30:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will make the multitude of Egypt to cease I will diminish the number of its inhabitants. I will make the rivers dry The fertility of Egypt depending on the rise and overflowing of the Nile, the...
Ezekiel 30:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prophecy against Egypt; Destruction of Egypt Foretold. B. C. 572. 1 The word of the L OR...
Ezekiel 30:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will make the rivers dry; either by some extraordinary drought, or rather by means of that mighty lake, which drew so much water from Nilus, that all their canals were ever after shallow, and the...
Ezekiel 30:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And I will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into the hands of evil men. And I will make the land desolate, and all that is in it by the hand of strangers. I Yahweh have spoken it.” Egypt...
Ezekiel 30:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE DOOM OF EGYPT (Chap. 30) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—This chapter contains two distinct messages: Ezekiel 30:1-19 being an extension, with more life-like detail, of the prophecy announced in chap. Ezek...
Ezekiel 30:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 30:5 . Ethiopia, Libya, and Lydia or Ludd. These allies of Egypt fell alike under the Assyrians, justly called “the bloody Assyrians.” The western shores of the Nile were then fertile dist...
Ezekiel 30:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezekiel 30:1 The word of the Lord came again , etc. The section that follows, ending with Ezekiel 30:18 , is exceptional as standing without a date. It may be either (1) a c...
Ezekiel 30:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sentence Carried Out
Ezekiel 30:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:26 ; Ezekiel 28:10 ; Ezekiel 29:3 ; Ezekiel 31:12 ; Isaiah 19:4 ; Isaiah 19:4-10 ; Isaiah 44:27 ; Jeremiah 50:38 ; Jeremiah 51:36 ; Judges 2:14 ; Nahum 1:4 ; Revelation 1...
Ezekiel 30:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The rivers dry — Probably the Chaldeans diverted them, and so their fortified towns wanted one great defence. Sell — Give it up entirely.

Ezekiel 30:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 30:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 30:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 30:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 30:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 30:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 30:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 30:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 30:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 30:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 30:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 30:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 30:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 30:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 30:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 30:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 30:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 30:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 30:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 30:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 30:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 30:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes