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Ezekiel 32:17

Ezekiel 32:17
It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

It came to pass also the twelfth year,.... Another prophecy of the like kind was delivered out the same year as before:

in the fifteenth day of the month; of the twelfth month, the month Adar, which…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The seventh prophecy against Egypt Ezek. 32:17-32. A funeral dirge founded on Eze 31:18. The figure is the same as in Isa. 14, where see the notes. In this dirge Pharaoh is especially addressed. The…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

In the twelfth year - Two of Kennicott's MSS., one of De Rossi's, and one of my own, (that mentioned Eze 32:1), have, in the Eleventh year; and so has the Syriac, as before. This prophecy concerns the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 32:17-32

This prophecy concludes and completes the burden of Egypt, and leaves it and all its multitude in the pit of destruction.

I. We are here invited to attend the funeral of that once flourishing kingdom,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Ezekiel 32:17-32

Dirge sung at the interment of Egypt and its multitude

Several things are observable in this remarkable passage:

1. It is a funeral dirge primarily over the multitude or nation of Egypt; and so in…

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