Ezekiel 30
Ezekiel 30 | |
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← Latin translation appears in the margins with further interlineations above the Hebrew. | |
Book | Book of Ezekiel |
Hebrew Bible part | Nevi'im |
Order in the Hebrew part | 7 |
Category | Latter Prophets |
Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 26 |
Ezekiel 30 is the thirtieth chapter of the
Text
The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 26 verses.
Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).[4]
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century).[5][a]
The Day of YHWH against Egypt (30:1–19)
This group of verses records the oracle of YHWH's judgement on Egypt in three sections:[7]
- Verses 1–5: YHWH announces that the day of YHWH (cf. Ezekiel 7:10) has come for Egypt, as his sword will be unsheathed and Egypt will be utterly destroyed.
- Verses 6–12, the oracle's central section: describes King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon (verse 10) as the instrument by which YHWH devastates Egypt.
- Verses 13–19, final section: lists the cities to be vanquished during a successful military campaign, presenting YHWH as the "Divine Warrior" who conquers them (in the manner of ancient Near Eastern monarchs publishing their conquest list).[7]
Verse 2
- "Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord God:
- "Wail, ‘Woe to the day!'"[8]
- "Son of man" (Hebrew: בן־אדם ḇen-’ā-ḏām): this phrase is used 93 times to address Ezekiel.[9]
- "Woe" (Hebrew: הָהּ hāh): "alas!"; an interjection of sorrow.[10][11]
Verse 6
- Thus says the Lord:
- Indeed, those who uphold Egypt shall fall,
- and the pride of her power shall come down.
- From Migdol to Syene
- they shall fall in her by the sword,
- says the Lord God.[12]
- "Migdol" or "the tower"[13]
Pharaoh's broken arm and Nebuchadrezzar's strong arm (30:20–26)
In the second oracle, recorded in this section, YHWH repeats his condemnations of Pharaoh (cf.
Verse 20
- And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,[14]
The date corresponds to April 29, 587 BCE, based on an analysis by German theologian Bernhard Lang.[15]
Verse 21
- "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt;
- and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it,
- to make it strong enough to hold a sword."[16]
- "Pharaoh" (Hebrew: פרעה par-‘ōh; Egyptian: pr-±o, "great house"; Greek: Φαραω, Pharao): the title of ancient Egyptian kings, of royal court, and (in new kingdom) of the king, until the Persian invasion.[17][18]
See also
Notes
- ^ Ezekiel is missing from the extant Codex Sinaiticus.[6]
References
- ^ Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
- ^ Galambush 2007, p. 553.
- ^ Davidson, A. B. (1893), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Ezekiel 30, accessed 21 December 2019
- ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
- ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
- ISBN 978-0825444593.
- ^ a b c Galambush 2007, p. 554.
- ^ Ezekiel 30:2 NKJV
- ^ Bromiley 1995, p. 574.
- ^ Brown, Briggs & Driver 1994 "הָהּ"
- ^ Gesenius 1979 "הָהּ"
- ^ Ezekiel 30:6 MEV
- ^ Note [a] on Ezekiel 30:6 in NKJV
- ^ Ezekiel 30:20 NKJV
- ^ Lang, Bernhard (1981), Ezechiel. Darmstadt. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesselschaft, cited in Kee et al 2008, p. 210.
- ^ Ezekiel 30:21 NKJV
- ^ Brown, Briggs & Driver 1994, "פַּרְעֹה"
- ^ Gesenius 1979, "פַּרְעֹה"
Bibliography
- Bromiley, Geoffrey W. (1995). International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: vol. iv, Q-Z. Eerdmans. ISBN 9780802837844.
- Brown, Francis; Briggs, Charles A.; Driver, S. R. (1994). The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (reprint ed.). Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN 978-1565632066.
- Clements, Ronald E (1996). Ezekiel. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664252724.
- Galambush, J. (2007). "25. Ezekiel". In ISBN 978-0199277186.
- Gesenius, H. W. F. (1979). Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures: Numerically Coded to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, with an English Index. Translated by Tregelles, Samuel Prideaux (7th ed.). Baker Book House.
- Joyce, Paul M. (2009). Ezekiel: A Commentary. Continuum. ISBN 9780567483614.
- Kee, Howard Clark; Meyers, Eric M.; Rogerson, John; Levine, Amy-Jill; Saldarini, Anthony J. (2008). Chilton, Bruce (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to the Bible (2, revised ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521691406.
- ISBN 0-8028-0788-7. Retrieved January 26, 2019.