The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
When God comes forth to contend with a provoking people, what can shield them? Egypt shall wail and shriek, for the day of the Lord, dark, terrible, a day of reckoning with all heathen nations, approaches swiftly. The sword of the Chaldeans will come; cities that seemed strong will crumble when their foundations are broken down.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 30:1-19
The word of the Lord came again unto me,.... Whether this prophecy was delivered about the time of that in the former part of the preceding chapter, namely, in the tenth year, tenth month, and twelfth day of it; or whether about the time that was which is recorded in the latter part of the chapter, in the seven and twentieth year of Jehoiachin's captivity...
The Lord announces His day of judgment upon Egypt and her allies. What follows unfolds in three movements: the destruction of Egypt's power and land; the enemy agent of that destruction; and the obliteration of her idols, fortresses, men, and the captivity of her women. The dating cannot be fixed with certainty, though some place it after the twenty-seventh year, when Tyre's siege was done and Nebuchadnezzar prepared to strike Egypt.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 30:1-5