Notes: April 19, 2009

The Fall of Egypt

Ezekiel 29

  • The king of Egypt, like the king of Tyre (Ezekiel 28), thought he was God (v. 1-3)
  • God will go fishing and catch the Egyptian king with a hook (v. 4-7)
  • God will send the Babylonians to rule over Egypt (v. 8-12)
  • God predicts that Egypt will be restored as a nation, but it will never attain its former glory (v. 13-16)
  • God gives Egypt as spoils for Babylon which had conquered Trye some years before (v. 17-20)
  • God will restore Israel (v. 21)

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