ezekiel 30 through 32

Read Ezekiel 30 through 32 at Bible Gateway.

Hebrew paragraph divisions

Eze 30:1-5 {p} Wail for the day of YHVH is near for the sword against Egypt, her allies falling with her
Eze 30:6-9 {s} Those who uphold Egypt shall fall, then they shall know that I am YHVH
Eze 30:10-12 {s} Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon brought to destroy the land of Egypt
Eze 30:13-19 {p} YHVH shall execute judgment on Egypt both idols and princes, they shall know He is YHVH
Eze 30:20-21 {s} YHVH has broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he cannot hold a sword
Eze 30:22-26 {p} YHVH is against Pharaoh/ scatter the Egyptians, put His sword in the hand of the king of Babylon
Eze 31:1-9 {p} Pharaoh king of Egypt: Are you like Assyria, the cedar in Lebanon, in your greatness
Eze 31:10-14 {p} Because your heart was lifted up, the terrible nation shall cut you down
Eze 31:15-18 {p} Cast down to hell with all those slain by the sword: this is Pharaoh + his multitude
Eze 32:1-2 {s} Lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt: you are a young lion + monster in the seas, fouling the rivers
Eze 32:3-10 {p} I will draw you up with My net + put out your light/ many peoples astonished + afraid in your fall
Eze 32:11-16 {p} Sword of the king of Babylon to make Egypt desolate/ lamentation for Egypt + her multitude
Eze 32:17-32 {p} Pharaoh in the Pit with the mighty of nations: Assyria, Elam, Meshech, Tubal, Edom, North, Sidon

Eze 25:1-32:32 chiastic structure of the prophecy against the nations

1a) Eze 25:1-17 {px3+s} Prophecy against the nations: Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia;

1b) Eze 26:1-27:36 {p+s+s+p+s+p} Prophecy, lamentation against/ for Tyre, when YHVH makes it desolate;

1a) Eze 26:1-6 {p} Prophecy against Tyre: nations shall come against you, break down your walls;
1b) Eze 26:7-14 {s} Nebuchadnezzar shall come against Tyre/ she shall not be rebuilt;
1c) Eze 26:15-18 {s} The coastlands lament: How you have perished, O renowned city;
central axis) Eze 26:19, YHVH to make Tyre a desolate city when He brings the deep upon it;
2c) Eze 26:20a, Tyre will descend into the Pit;
2b) Eze 26:20b-21 {p} So that Tyre may never be inhabited/ Tyre shall be no more;
2a) Eze 27:1-36 {s+p} Lamentation for Tyre, broken by the east wind;

1c) Eze 28:1-19  {s+p+p} Prophecy + lamentation against the prince + king of Tyre whose heart is lifted up as a god;

1a) Eze 28:28:1-5 {s} Prophecy against the prince of Tyre, whose heart is lifted up;
1b) Eze 28:6, Thus says YHVH: Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god;
central axis) Eze 28:7-8, “Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers against you, the most terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and defile your splendor. They shall throw you down into the Pit, and you shall die the death of the slain In the midst of the seas;”
2b) Eze 28:9-10 {p} You shall be a man in the hand of him who slays you, and not a god;
2a) Eze 28:11-19 {p} Lamentation for the king of Tyre, whose heart was lifted up + corrupted by iniquity;

1d.1) Eze 28:20-24 {p} The prophesy against Sidon: judgments executed in her midst, YHVH glorified;

1d.2) Eze 28:25-29:16 {p+s+p} Prophecy against Pharaoh/ the people of Egypt scattered 40 years;

1a) Eze 28:25-26 {p} The house of Israel regathered to dwell in safety in their land, when YHVH judges the nations;
1b.1) Eze 29:1-3, Prophesy against Pharaoh king of Egypt, who has said: My River is my own, I have made it;
1b.2) Eze 29:4-5, I will draw you out of your rivers/ you shall be devoured;
central axis) Eze 29:6-7 {s} “Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. When they took hold of you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their backs quiver;”
2b.1) Eze 29:8-9, They will know that I am YHVH, because Pharaoh said, The River is mine, I have made it;
2b.2) Eze 29:10-12 {s} I am against you + your rivers/ your land shall be desolate 40 years/ your people scattered;
2a) Eze 29:13-16 {p} After 40 years, her people regathered; Egypt the lowliest of kingdoms henceforward;

1e) Eze 29:17-20 {s} Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon labored against Tyre but did not receive its wages, YHVH will give him Egypt for the wages of his labor, for he worked for Him;

central axis) Eze 29:21 {p} “In that day I will cause the horn of the house of Israel to spring forth, and I will open your mouth to speak in their midst. Then they shall know that I am the Lord;”

2e) Eze 30:1-21 {p+s+s+p+s} Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon will destroy the land of Egypt;

1a) Eze 30:1-5 {p} Wail for the day of YHVH is near for the sword against Egypt, her allies falling with her;
1b) Eze 30:6-9 {s} Those who uphold Egypt shall fall, then they shall know that I am YHVH;
central axis) Eze 30:10-12 {s} Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon brought to destroy the land of Egypt;
2b) Eze 30:13-19 {p} YHVH shall execute judgment on Egypt both idols and princes, they shall know He is YHVH;
2a) Eze 30:20-21 {s} YHVH has broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he cannot hold a sword;

2d.1&2) Eze 30:22-26 {p} YHVH is against Pharaoh/ scatter the Egyptians, put His sword in the hand of the king of Babylon

1a) Eze 30:22, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms + make the sword fall out of his hand;
1b) Eze 30:23, I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations + disperse them throughout the countries;
1c) Eze 30:24a, I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand;
1d) Eze 30:24b, But I will break Pharaoh’s arms;
central axis) Eze 30:24c, Pharaoh will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man;
2d) Eze 30:25a, I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down;
2c) Eze 30:25b, They shall know that I am YHVH, when I put My sword into the hand Babylon’s king against Egypt;
2b) Eze 30:26a, I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations + disperse them throughout the countries;
2a) Eze 30:26b {p} Then they shall know that I am YHVH;

2c) Eze 31:1-18 {px3} Pharaoh king of Egypt: Because your heart was lifted up, the terrible nation shall cut you down;

2b) Eze 32:1-16 {s+p+p} Lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt + its multitude, when YHVH makes Egypt desolate;

1a.1) Eze 32:1-10 {s+p} Take up a lamentation for the Pharaoh king of Egypt. who troubles the waters with his feet;
1a.2) Eze 32:11-14, The sword of Babylon shall come upon you/ the multitude of Egypt shall be destroyed;
central axis) Eze 32:15, “When I make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country is destitute of all that once filled it, when I strike all who dwell in it, then they shall know that I am the Lord;”
2a.1) Eze 32:16a, This is the lamentation with which the nations shall lament for Egypt;
2a.2) Eze 32:16b {p} And for all her multitude, says the Lord God;

2a) Eze 32:17-32 {p} Pharaoh in the Pit with the mighty of nations: Assyria, Elam, Meshech, Tubal, Edom, North, Sidon.

What is the horn of the house of Israel? Israel as the northern kingdom at the time of this prophecy was already no more, having been taken captive by the Assyrians hundreds of years prior. They have never returned to their land. Interesting too that He doesn’t say, the horn of the house of Ephraim or the horn of the house of Judah as He does most often elsewhere in prophetic Scripture, when He is speaking about the two houses has two separate and distinct entities. As a horn is a ruler, I believe the horn of the house of Israel is the ruler of the unified house of Israel, all twelve tribes – Messiah Yeshua! The chiastic structure of the prophecy against the nations, has at its heart, the coming of Messiah Yeshua, who will open His mouth and speak in the midst of the nations. And then all nations shall know that YHVH is God. ♥