It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms, and never again exalt itself above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will never again rule over the nations.
Pride uttered aloud, The river is mine, I made it, is enough to ruin a whole nation. God will strip Egypt bare: the sword cuts man and beast, the land spills out its people into desolation, and those who thought they held the balance of power become contemptible. But He does not leave them forever; restoration follows after forty years of waste.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 29:8-16
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 and glory; though it became more famous in the times of some of the Ptolemies, yet never recovered its former greatness; and is now exceeding base indeed, as appears from the...
Eze 29:13-16 Eze 29:13. For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians out of the nations, whither they were scattered. Eze 29:14. And I will turn the captivity of Egypt, and will bring them back into the land of Pathros, into the land of their origin, and they shall be a lowly kingdom there. Eze 29:15.
Commenting on Ezekiel 29:13-16