Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.
Pharaoh. Namely, Pharaoh Hophra, called Apries by the Greeks. Compare Jeremiah 44:30. He besieged and captured Gaza (Jeremiah 47:1); attacked Zidon and encountered the prince of Tyre on the sea (Herodotus, ii. 161: compare 2 Kings 24:7; Jeremiah 46:2); and said, "no god could deprive him of his kingdom" (Herodotus, H. 169). Zedekiah relied on him. See Jeremiah 37:5-8. Egypt was thus the cause of Jerusalem's destruction. See Jeremiah 44:30. and compare Jeremiah 46:25; Jeremiah 46:26.