Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Eze 29:1, The judgment of Pharoh for his treachery to Israel; Eze 29:8, The desolation of Egypt; Eze 29:13, The restoration thereof after 40 years; Eze 29:17, Egypt the reward of Nebuchadnezzar; Eze 29:21, Israel shall be restored.
am 3415, bc 589, Eze 29:17, Eze 1:2, Eze 8:1, Eze 20:1, Eze 26:1, Eze 40:1
set: Eze 6:2, Eze 20:46, Eze 21:2, Eze 25:2, Eze 28:21, Eze 28:22
Pharaoh: This was Pharaoh-hophra, or Apries, who, Herodotus informs us, agreeably to the character given him by the prophet, "proudly and wickedly boasted of having established his kingdom so securely, that it was not in the power of any God to dispossess him of it." Jer 44:30
against all: Ezek. 30:1-32:32; Isa. 18:1-19:17, Isa 20:1-6; Jer 9:25, Jer 9:26, Jer 25:18, Jer 25:19; Jer 43:8-13, Jer 46:2-16; Joe 3:19; Zac 14:18, Zac 14:19
I am: Eze 29:10, Eze 28:22; Psa 76:7; Jer 44:30; Nah 1:6
the great: Eze 32:2; Psa 74:13, Psa 74:14; Isa 27:1, Isa 51:9; Rev 12:3, Rev 12:4, Rev 12:16, Rev 12:17, Rev 13:2, Rev 13:4, Rev 13:11; Rev 16:13, Rev 20:2
My river: Eze 29:9, Eze 28:2; Deu 8:17; Isa 10:13, Isa 10:14; Dan 4:30,Dan 4:31
I will put: Eze 38:4; Kg2 19:28; Job 41:1, Job 41:2; Isa 37:29; Amo 4:2
I will leave: Eze 31:18, Eze 32:4-6, Eze 39:4-6, Eze 39:11-20; Psa 110:5, Psa 110:6; Jer 8:2, Jer 16:4, Jer 25:33
open fields: Heb. face of the field
I have: Sa1 17:44; Psa 74:14; Jer 7:33, Jer 34:20; Rev 19:17, Rev 19:18
know: Eze 28:22-24, Eze 28:26; Exo 9:14, Exo 14:18
a staff: Kg2 18:21; Isa 20:5, Isa 20:6, Isa 30:2-7, Isa 31:1-3, Isa 36:6; Jer 2:36; Lam 4:17
they took: Eze 17:15-17; Jer 37:5-11
thou didst: Psa 118:8, Psa 118:9, Psa 146:3, Psa 146:4; Pro 25:19; Jer 17:5, Jer 17:6
I will: Eze 29:19, Eze 29:20, Eze 14:17, Eze 30:4, Eze 30:10; Jer 46:13-26
cut: Eze 25:13, Eze 32:10-13; Gen 6:7; Exo 12:12; Jer 7:20, Jer 32:43
the land: Eze 29:10-12, Eze 30:7, Eze 30:13-17; Jer 43:10-13
because: Eze 29:3; Pro 16:18, Pro 18:12, Pro 29:23
I will: Eze 29:11, Eze 30:12; Hab 3:8
utterly waste: Heb. wastes of waste
from the tower of: from Migdol to. Eze 30:6-9; Exo 14:2; Jer 44:1, Jer 46:14
Syene: Heb. Seveneh, Now Essuan, situated at the southern extremity of Egypt (as Migdol was at the northern), on the confines of Ethiopia, near the tropic of Cancer, and about lat. 24 degrees n long 32 degrees e.
foot of man: Eze 30:10-13, Eze 31:12, Eze 32:13, Eze 33:28, Eze 36:28; Jer 43:11, Jer 43:12
forty: Ch2 36:21; Isa 23:15, Isa 23:17; Jer 25:11, Jer 25:12, Jer 29:10; Dan 9:2
desolate in: Eze 30:7; Jer 25:15-19, Jer 27:6-11
and I will scatter: We learn from Berosus that Nebuchadnezzar sent several captive Egyptians to Babylon; and from Megasthenes, that he transplanted others to Pontus; and it is probable, that at the dissolution of the Babylonian empire, about forty years after, Cyrus permitted them to return to their native country. Eze 30:23; Jer 46:19
Pathros: Eze 30:14; Gen 10:14; Ch1 1:12, Pathrusim, Isa 11:11; Jer 44:1
habitation: or, birth
base: Heb. low
the basest: Eze 17:6, Eze 17:14, Eze 30:13; Zac 10:11
rule: Eze 31:2, Eze 32:2; Dan 11:42, Dan 11:43; Nah 3:8, Nah 3:9
the confidence: Eze 29:6, Eze 29:7, Eze 17:15-17; Isa 20:5, Isa 30:1-6, Isa 31:1-3, Isa 36:4-6; Jer 2:18, Jer 2:19, Jer 2:36, Jer 2:37; Jer 37:5-7; Lam 4:17; Hos 5:13, Hos 7:11, Hos 12:1, Hos 14:3
bringeth: Eze 21:23; Num 5:15; Kg1 17:18; Psa 25:7, Psa 79:8; Isa 64:9; Jer 14:10; Hos 8:13, Hos 9:9; Heb 10:3, Heb 10:17; Rev 16:19
but: Eze 29:6, Eze 29:9, Eze 29:21, Eze 28:22-24, Eze 28:26
am 3432, bc 572, Eze 29:1, Eze 1:2
Nebuchadrezzar: Eze 26:7-12; Jer 25:9, Jer 27:6
a great: Nebuchadnezzar was thirteen years employed in the siege. During this long siege, the soldiers must have endured great hardships; their heads would become bald by constantly wearing their helmets; and their shoulders be peeled by carrying materials to and from the works.
yet: St. Jerome asserts, on the authority of the Assyrian histories, that when the Tyrians saw their city must fall, they put their most valuable effects on board their ships, and fled with them to the islands, and their colonies, "so that, the city being taken, Nebuchadnezzar found nothing worthy of his labour.
I will: Eze 29:8-10, Eze 30:10-12; Jer 43:10-13
take her spoil, and take her prey: Heb. spoil her spoil, and prey her prey
labour: or, hire
served: Kg2 10:30; Isa 10:6, Isa 10:7, Isa 45:1-3; Jer 25:9
I cause: Eze 28:25, Eze 28:26; Sa1 2:10; Psa 92:10, Psa 112:9, Psa 132:17, Psa 148:14; Isa 27:6; Jer 23:5; Luk 1:69
the opening: Eze 3:26, Eze 24:27, Eze 33:22; Psa 51:15; Amo 3:7, Amo 3:8; Luk 21:15; Col 4:3, Col 4:4