Ezekiel 30
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- Lamentation over the Fall of Egypt (30:1-19)30:1-12 Egypt and all her alliesEthiopia, Libya, and Lydiawould fall . . . by the sword of the Babylonians (vv. 1-9). Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is named as the one who would destroy the land (vv. 10-12). 30:13-19 The leading cities of Egypt are listed as doomed to destruction with their idols and images: Noph (Memphis), Pathros (perhaps in the upper southern part of Egypt), Zoan (Tanis), No (Thebes), Sin (Pelusium), Aven (Heliopolis), Pi Beseth (perhaps Bubastis), Tehaphnehes (probably the ancient Daphne, vv. 13-19). The prophecy, “there shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt” (v. 13), has been literally fulfilled. No full-blooded Egyptian of the royal family has reigned in Egypt since that time. King Farouk belonged to a dynasty that was founded by an Albanian in the early 1800’s. Farouk was the first member of the dynasty to have even a complete mastery of the Arabic language!
Ezekiel 30:20
- The Downfall of Pharaoh (30:2031:18)30:20-26 Here the downfall of Egypt is seen in two stages. One of Pharaoh’s arms . . . was broken figuratively when he was defeated in the battle of Carchemish (605 B.C.). The other was broken when the Babylonians invaded Egypt and conquered it.