Ezekiel 29:5

And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
leave	וּנְטַשְׁתִּ֣יךָ u.ne.tash.Ti.kha	H5203	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
wilderness	הַמִּדְבָּ֗רָה ha.mid.Ba.rah	H4057	a pasture (i.e. open field · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute + directional suffix
fish	דְּגַ֣ת de.Gat	H1710	a fish (often used collectively) · noun, common feminine singular construct
rivers	יְאֹרֶ֔יךָ ye.'o.Rei.kha	H2975	a channel · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
fall	תִּפּ֔וֹל ti.Pol	H5307	to fall · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
open	פְּנֵ֤י pe.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural construct
fields	הַשָּׂדֶה֙ ha.sa.Deh	H7704	a field (as flat) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
together	תֵאָסֵ֖ף te.'a.Sef	H622	to gather for any purpose · verb, niphal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
gathered	תִקָּבֵ֑ץ ti.ka.Vetz	H6908	to grasp · verb, niphal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
given	נְתַתִּ֥יךָ ne.ta.Ti.kha	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
meat	לְאָכְלָֽה le.'okh.Lah	H402	food · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
beasts	לְחַיַּ֥ת le.chai.Yat	H2416	alive · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
field	הָאָ֛רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
fowls	וּלְע֥וֹף u.le.'of	H5775	a bird (as covered with feathers · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
heaven	הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם ha.sha.Ma.yim	H8064	the sky (as aloft · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 7:33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
Jeremiah 8:2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and af…
Jeremiah 34:20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for mea…
Ezekiel 32:4-6 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon…
Psalms 110:5-6 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Jeremiah 25:33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, n…
1 Samuel 17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
Psalms 74:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 29:1-7

Here is, I. The date of this prophecy against Egypt. It was in the tenth year of the captivity, and yet it is placed after the prophecy against Tyre, which was delivered in the eleventh year, because, in the accomplishment of the prophecies, the destruction of Tyre happened before the destruction of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar's gaining Egypt was the reward of his service against Tyre; and therefore the prophecy against Tyre is put first, that we may the better observe that. But particular notice must be taken of this, that the first prophecy against Egypt was just at the time when the king of Egypt was coming to relieve Jerusalem and raise the siege (Jer 37:5), but did not answer the expectat…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 29:5

wilderness--captivity beyond thy kingdom. The expression is used perhaps to imply retribution in kind. As Egypt pursued after Israel, saying, "The wilderness hath shut them in" (Exo 14:3), so she herself shall be brought into a wilderness state. open fields--literally "face of the field." not be brought together--As the crocodile is not, when caught, restored to the river, so no remnant of thy routed army shall be brought together, and rallied, after its defeat in the wilderness. Pharaoh led an army against Cyrene in Africa, in support of Aricranes, who had been stripped of his kingdom by the Cyrenians. The army perished and Egypt rebelled against him [JUNIUS]. But the reference is mainl…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 29:5

I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness - Referring to his being obliged to take refuge in Upper Egypt. But he was afterwards taken prisoner, and strangled by Amasis. Herod. lib. 2 s. 169.

John Gill on Ezekiel 29:5

And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee, and all the fish of thy rivers,.... Where fish in common cannot live, but die as soon almost as out of the water, and on dry land, excepting those that are of the amphibious kind. This wilderness designs the deserts of Lybia and Cyrene, where the battle was fought between Hophra and Amasis; and where the Egyptian army perished, only their king, before compared to a crocodile, which lives on land, as well as in water, escaped. The Targum is, "I will cast thee into a wilderness, and all the princes of thy strength:'' thou shalt fall upon the open fields thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered, this is to he understood of his ar…

Dictionary and topics

Egypt — The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. The Egyptians belonged to the white race, and their original…
Nebuchadnezzar — In the Babylonian orthography Nabu-kudur-uzur, which means “Nebo, protect the crown!” or the “frontiers.” In an inscription he styles himself “Nebo’s favourite.” He was the son and successor of…
Fishes · Inhabit: Rivers — Inhabit: Rivers

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 29:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 29:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 29:5

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 29:5

John Gill on Ezekiel 29:5

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 29:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 29:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 29:5

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 29:5

John Gill on Ezekiel 29:5

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 29:1-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 29:4-5

Rashi on Ezekiel 29:5