But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
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Gill's Exposition
Neither shall Pharaoh, with his mighty army and great company,
make for him in the war,.... The king of Egypt, to whom Zedekiah applied for horses and men to help him; though he should come with a…
Adam Clarke
Sending his ambassadors into Egypt - Zedekiah must have sent his ambassadors into Egypt, between the sixth month of his sixth year, and the fifth month of his seventh year. Compare Eze 8:1, with Eze…
We must take all these verses together, that we may have the parable and the explanation of it at one view before us, because they will illustrate one another. 1. The prophet is appointed to put forth…
Cambridge Bible
Cf. 2Ki 24:20. The king of Egypt referred to was Pharaoh Hophra, Jer 44:30; Jer 37:5 seq. The indignation of Ezekiel against Zedekiah arises greatly from his regarding the subjection of Jerusalem to…
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