Ezekiel 29:2

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Summary

Ezekiel 29:2

Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

Set

Ezekiel 28:21

Pharaoh

Jeremiah 44:30

Against all

Zechariah 14:18

Bible References

Set

“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them

“Son of man, set your face toward Teman, and speak out against the south and prophesy against the forest land of the Negev,

“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and

speak against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel;

“Son of man, set your face toward the sons of Ammon and prophesy against them,

“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, prophesy against her

Pharaoh

Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I am going to give over Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt to the hand of his enemies, to the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave over Zedekiah king of Judah to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and was seeking his life.’”

Against all

Alas, oh land of whirring wings
Which lies beyond the rivers of

Cush,

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised—

Jerusalem and the cities of Judah and its kings and its princes, to make them a ruin, a horror, a hissing and a curse, as it is this day;

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

To Egypt, concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

Egypt will become a waste,
And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,
Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah,
In whose land they have shed innocent blood.

If the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, then no rain will fall on them; it will be the plague with which the Lord smites the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths.