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Chapter 29 has a special place in my heart because it is the haftarah for my bar mitzvah portion- <\/span>parashat Va\u2019erah<\/span><\/em>. The connection between the <\/span>parasha <\/span><\/i>and haftarah is apparent. Va\u2019era (Ex. 6:2-9:35) discusses the first seven plagues in Egypt. It is the beginning of the punishment for the Egyptians, and particularly Pharaoh. Chapter 29 is the first of four chapters of Ezekiel\u2019s diatribe against the Egyptians and specifically addresses Pharaoh. The beginning of the chapter also references a scaly monster that lurks in the Nile, most likely a crocodile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I am going to deal with you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, mighty monster, sprawling in your channels, Who said, My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.\u201d (verse 3).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ezekiel goes on to declare:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I will put hooks in your jaws, And make the fish of your channels cling to your scales; I will haul you up from your channels, with all the fish of your channels clinging to your scales\u201d (verse 4).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The word scales stands out and not only because the Hebrew word, <\/span>kaskesotecha<\/span><\/em>, gave me fits as I was practicing for my bar mitzvah. It seems at first that the scales connect to the fish here, but in context, the scales are not fish scales but the mighty monster\u2019s scales. These may refer to the scales of the crocodile. Ezekiel is describing the symbiotic relationship between the crocodile and the fish of the Nile and Pharaoh and his people. If the large crocodile is raised from the water, then the fish that depend on it will also be flung out of the river.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This also lends itself to another connection to Va\u2019era and to the second plague. Some commentators believed that the plague of frogs was really a plague of crocodiles. Perhaps that notion came from the connection to chapter 29. Crocodiles are native to the Nile River and the crocodile also serves as one of the Egyptian gods, Sobek. This would match with God symbolically attacking the Egyptian gods over the course of the plagues to send a message to the Egyptians that God is the one supreme being.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In chapter 29, Pharaoh, ruler of Egypt, is called out by God and ultimately punished for having said:\u00a0 \u201cMy Nile is my own; I made it for myself\u201d (verses 3, 9).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jewish tradition credits Jacob with disclosing to the benevolent Pharaoh in his time, how the Nile provided irrigation for Egypt\u2019s agricultural economy. Rashi on Gen. 47:10, \u201cThen Jacob blessed Pharaoh\u201d writes:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What was the blessing with which he blessed him? That the waters of the Nile might rise at his approach, because Egypt does not drink rain-water, but the waters of the Nile rise and irrigate it. And from the time when Jacob blessed him and henceforth, whenever Pharaoh came to the Nile, it rose at his coming, overflowed its banks and watered the land (he cites Tanchuma Yashan, 4:2:26).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Subsequent rulers however were not as charitable, and Pharaoh not only engineered the enslavement of the Israelites, but even took credit for having personally invented Egypt\u2019s method of watering their crops, an assumption that God wished to disabuse anyone who may have\u00a0 believed it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God predicts that the entire Egyptian nation will in the future be held accountable for Pharaoh\u2019s shortcomings, and following forty years of exile (v. 12,) God will repatriot them (v. 13,) but will also assure that Egypt never again serve as a leading empire (vs. 14-6.) Egypt\u2019s final \u201ccomeuppance\u201d will be at the hands of the Babylonians, who will be repaid for their work in Tyre by being allowed to confiscate whatever remained of Egypt\u2019s wealth (vs. 18-20.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God did not take Pharaoh\u2019s \u201cdelusions of grandeur\u201d lightly, whereby the human ruler took credit for the Nile and its important role in Egyptian life. 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In this chapter Ezekiel inveighs against the Pharaoh of Egypt. God\u2019s message to Pharaoh is harsh: \u201cI am going to deal with you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, mighty monster, sprawling in your channels, who said, my Nile is my own; I made it for myself.\u201d The core of this prophecy is an indictment of Pharaoh\u2019s arrogance and its attendant ingratitude.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Then as today, Egyptian agriculture is utterly dependent on the annual flooding of the Nile\u2019s banks, which irrigates the fields. In this respect Egypt was unique \u2014 unlike the surrounding countries, it did not depend on rainfall. This independence from rain could produce a feeling of self-sufficiency, or even arrogance. In a number of places in the Bible we see a concern to remind the Egyptians that they too are dependent on the one God. Zechariah, for example, imagines that in the messianic period the festival of Sukkot will become a universal festival, and each nation\u2019s annual rainfall will be dependent on its attendance in Jerusalem. It takes pains to mention that \u201cif the community of Egypt does not make this pilgrimage, it shall not be visited by the same affliction\u201d (Zech. 14:14) of drought, but will instead be struck by a wasting sickness. <\/span>All <\/span><\/i>peoples, Ezekiel and Zechariah teach, are equally dependent on God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

More pernicious than the general arrogance of the Egyptians is the special delusion of their king. In ancient Egypt the king was literally treated as a god, and Ezekiel indicts Pharaoh for this delusion. Pharaoh believes <\/span>himself <\/span><\/i>to be the source of the Nile\u2019s power. In the charge which Ezekiel lays at Pharaoh\u2019s feet, we find alongside his oppression of the Israelites the fact that \u201che boasted, \u2018The Nile is mine, and I made it.\u2019\u201d While Pharaoh may think of himself as a god, the creator of Egypt\u2019s prosperity and stability, Ezekiel characterizes him as a sea-monster \u2014 meaning, precisely those forces of chaos and destruction which the true God defeats in order to establish creation. Pharaoh\u2019s arrogance is merely a particularly extreme case of a tendency which lives in us all, and which has the power to sow chaos wherever it grows.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the Book of Deuteronomy, the Israelites are warned not to buy into the Pharaonic delusion. Should the nation meet with world success, growing rich and powerful, Deuteronomy imagines that they will say to themselves: \u201cMy own power and the might of my own hand have won this wealth for me.\u201d In such moments they are urged to \u201cRemember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to get wealth, in fulfillment of the covenant that He made on oath with your fathers, as is still the case\u201d (Deut. 8:17-18). 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In our <\/span>comments to Chapter 26<\/span><\/a>, we cited Moshe Greenberg to the effect that Nebuchadnezzar sought \u201cto secure his hold on Syria-Palestine by subjugating Egypt.\u201d In this chapter, we learn that Ezekiel was instructed to prophesy to Pharaoh, King of Egypt, and foretell his doom. In so doing, he referred to Pharaoh as a \u201cmighty monster\u201d (3), using the Hebrew word <\/span>tanim<\/span><\/em>, which is an alternate form of the more frequently used <\/span>tanin<\/span><\/em>, signifying a serpent (see Exodus 7:9), or <\/span>taninim<\/span><\/em>, sea creatures (Genesis 1:21).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Its use here seems to be most consistent with its appearance in Isaiah 51:9: \u201cAwake, awake, clothe yourself with splendor O arm of the LORD! Awake as in days of old, as in former ages! It was you that hacked Rahab in pieces, that pierced the Dragon (<\/span>tanin<\/span><\/em>).\u201d There, it is a mythological creature defeated by God in a primeval battle with the forces of evil whose defeat made creation possible. Those same forces, represented by the same creatures, are destined to be defeated, once again, at the end of days, ushering in the Messianic Age. To quote Isaiah: \u201cIn that day the LORD will punish, with His great, cruel, mighty sword Leviathan the Elusive Serpent\u2014 Leviathan the Twisting Serpent; He will slay the Dragon (<\/span>tanin<\/span><\/em>) of the sea\u201d (27:1).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In our case, more specifically, the monster\/dragon is likely the crocodile, and serves here as the alter-ego of Pharaoh, who declared of himself: \u201cMy Nile is my own, I made it for myself\u201d (3), whose somewhat awkward syntactic structure is highly reminiscent of the Psalmist\u2019s attribution of creation to God: \u201cHis is the sea and He fashioned it\u201d (95:5). When said of a mortal it is the quintessence of hubris. The recurrence of this phrase in v.9, albeit with a syntactic swerve, was explained by Moshe Greenberg as follows: \u201cThis reformulation of Pharaoh\u2019s boast is translatable: \u201cI have a Nile\u201d with the nuance: I am secure in possession of my life source. To this corresponds the doom of drought announced in the following verse\u201d (Anchor Bible, <\/span>Ezekiel<\/span><\/i>, 605).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

To conclude with a geographical connection: \u201cI will reduce the land of Egypt to utter ruin and desolation, from Migdol to Syene (<\/span>S\u2019vene<\/span><\/em>), all the way to the border of Nubia\u201d (verse 10). 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In chapter 29, Ezekiel delivers a prophecy of the future destruction of Egypt. God is angry at Egypt\u2019s arrogance, and how Egypt regularly encouraged Israel to rebel against the Mesopotamian empires (Assyria and Babylonia), promising help that never arrived.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The allegory that Ezekiel uses is one of a reed: \u201cThen all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know That I am the LORD. Because you were a staff of reed To the House of Israel: When they grasped you with the hand, you would splinter, And wound all their shoulders, And when they leaned on you, you would break, And make all their loins unsteady.\u201d (29: 6-7)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We\u2019ve seen this imagery before. Rabshakeh, the Assyrian general, warned Hezekiah not to rely on Egypt\u2019s help against Assyria by warning: \u201cYou rely, of all things, on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which enters and punctures the palm of anyone who leans on it! That\u2019s what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like to all who rely on him.\u201d (Kings II 18:21)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The choice of reeds to symbolize Egypt is sensible, since reeds commonly grow around the Nile (Moses was hidden among them as a baby.) Usually reeds are strong and flexible, but a broken reed provides no support, and will hurt the person relying on it \u2013 as happened to Israel after relying on Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The word Ezekiel uses for reed is the Hebrew <\/span>kaneh<\/span><\/em>. Later, in Ezekiel 40:3, the prophet mentions a \u201cmeasuring rod\u201d \u2013 a <\/span>kaneh hamidah<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i> The reed was six cubits long (40:5), and this became a standard unit of measurement.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The <\/span>kaneh<\/span><\/em>\u00a0was also used to measure weight. Isaiah 46:6 uses the phrase, \u201cto weigh out silver on the balance,\u201d and <\/span>kaneh<\/span><\/em> is the word for balance, since rods (like reeds) were used to balance the scales. Some scholars have deduced from here that the Hebrew word <\/span>kanah<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u2013 \u201cto buy\u201d derives from <\/span>kaneh<\/span><\/em>\u00a0meaning \u201creed.\u201d A purchase involved weighing out money on the balance.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Greek borrowed <\/span>kaneh<\/span><\/em>\u00a0from Hebrew or some other Semitic language as their word for reed \u2013 <\/span>kanna<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i> From there it entered Latin as <\/span>canna<\/span><\/em>, and passed to the European languages, including English. Many English words derive from those Greek or Latin roots, including canal, cane, channel, cannon, and canyon.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The modern Hebrew word for shopping mall is <\/span>kanyon<\/span><\/em>. It comes from the root <\/span>kanah<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u2013 \u201cto buy\u201d but sounds a lot like the English word \u201ccanyon.\u201d In fact, one of Israel\u2019s largest malls is the \u201cGrand Kanyon\u201d mall in Haifa. Most people would assume that these two words were merely homonyms. 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Our chapter begins a series of seven pronouncements by Ezekiel against Egypt and its Pharaohs. From the superscription: \u201cIn the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month\u2026\u201d we can date this prophecy precisely to January 7, 587 BCE. The pharaoh against whom Ezekiel is told by God to turn his face can be identified as Hophra, who reigned over Egypt from 589 to 570 BCE, mentioned by name in Jeremiah 44:30. In Greek historical sources, this Pharaoh is referred to as Apries (Herodotus II 161 and Diodorus I 68; in Egyptian \u201cWahibre Haaibre\u201d). In 588 BCE, Hophra attempted to defend Jerusalem from Babylonian forces sent by Nebuchadnezzar II (Jeremiah 37:5, 34:21). This unsuccessful attempt led to a mutiny of his soldiers and his eventual overthrow.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ezekiel\u2019s prophecy against this Pharaoh focuses particularly on his hubris: \u201cThus said the Lord God: I am going to deal with you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, mighty monster, sprawling in your channels, who said, My Nile is my own; I made it for myself \" (Ezekiel 29:3). A similar outrageous boast, \u201cThe Nile is mine, and I made it\u201d is repeated in verse 9.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Midrash (Tanhuma Va\u2019era 8) elaborates on this Pharaoh\u2019s claim to divinity. The Holy One said: Because he made himself out to be a god, he was told that he was nothing in the world. Indeed, Moses was made like God to Pharaoh (Exodus 7:1). And from where do we know that Pharaoh made himself out to be a god? From his claiming: \u201cMy Nile is my own; I made it for myself\u201d (Ezekiel 29:3). Actually, Pharaoh was just one of four individuals who claimed to be gods but were punished by being sexually humiliated. Three were from the nations of the world, Hiram, Nebuchadnezzar, Pharaoh, and one was from Israel, Joash\u2026Of Pharaoh Hophra it is particularly said: \u201cThus said the Lord: I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, into the hands of his enemies, those who seek his life, just as I delivered King Zedekiah of Judah into the hands of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life\u201d (Jeremiah 44:30). This was because he made himself out to be a god, as it says: \u201cMy Nile is my own; I made it for myself\u201d (Ezekiel 29:3). Therefore, the Holy One said to Moses: Because he has made himself out to be a god, go and become a god over him, as it says: \u201cThen the Lord said to Moses, \u201cSee, I make you like God to Pharaoh'' (Exodus 7:1).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Our chapter ends with the punishment of Egypt and its Pharaoh Hophra, that they shall be conquered and devastated by King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon. This leads to a more positive conclusion: \u201cOn that day I will endow the House of Israel with strength, and you shall be vindicated among them. And they shall know that I am the Lord\u201d (Ezekiel 29:21).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The daily chapter deals with Ezekiel's prophecy about Egypt. Forty years of waste are decreed on the land that challenged God and humans.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cSpeak these words: \u2018Thus said the Lord GOD: \u2018I am going to deal with you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, mighty monster, sprawling in your channels, Who said, My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.\u2019\" (29: 3)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\"The River is for me to water my fields and I have no need for water from heaven\" (Metzudat David)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I am the ruler, says Pharaoh. The abundance of life is in my hands, and I do not want or need a Higher Being above me.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pharaoh, in his worldview, sees himself as \"the head of the pyramid.\"\u00a0 This position supposedly takes full responsibility for life, and expresses daring, self-confidence and courage. In some contexts, it can be interpreted as an expression of independence and leadership.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But the Prophet teaches us that his position \u201cMy Nile is my own\u201d is not an expression of a leadership ideology of independence or responsibility, but the opposite. This position is a defiant attitude towards God and humans, as it robs human beings of the right to be dependent on the Creator and the obligation to take responsibility for their lives.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\"Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know That I am the LORD. Because you were a staff of reed To the House of Israel.\" (v. 6)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The people of Israel are leaning tactically, but also ideologically, on Egypt, which resembles \u2018a staff of reed.\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Prophet identifies danger in Egypt and fights this dependency.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to Jewish thought, dependence is an existential human position, as in the blessing said every morning: \u201cI thank you, living and enduring King, for You have graciously returned my soul within me. Great is your faithfulness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Our world has one Ruler, and we are His subjects. From this dependence, we learn to acknowledge, congratulate and rejoice that we have been privileged to be part of the world.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As for the dependence on human beings, we pray (in Grace after Meals) not to be dependent on it: ...\"<\/span> Lord our God, please do not make us dependent upon the gifts of mortal men nor upon their loans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

While the Egyptian view strives for the position of \"responsible adult\" and one omnipotent ruler, the Jewish view teaches us the concept of mutual responsibility - \u201dAll of Israel are responsible for one another\u201d - along with the values of justice, compassion and mercy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As parents and educators, we are required to grapple daily with questions of dependency and independence<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Prophet's words guide us to stay away from negative behavior of \"I have\u00a0 it all\",\u00a0 as reflected in an assumption of totalizing and harmful responsibility, by a single person (\"leave it to me\", \"trust me\", \"I am the one who knows\"), and thus \u201cstealing it\u201d from a son, daughter, partner, spouse and even from God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Translated by: Chava Wilschanski<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"My Nile Is My Own","tile_main_caption":"Totalizing responsibility robs everyone else of the possibility of mutual responsibility, and the values of justice, compassion and mercy","tile_main_caption_size":"2","tile_sub_caption":"","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Ezekiel","chapter":"29","chapter_main_number":"481","date":"20270704","wall_id":"481"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":10,"id":"74727","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"See You Later Alligator ","post_title":"See You Later Alligator","slug":"see-you-later-alligator","old_id":"74727","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":54356,"post_title":"Robert Alter","slug":"robert-alter","old_id":"54356","first_name":"Robert ","last_name":"Alter","description":"Robert Alter is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967. He has written over twenty books, focusing on such topics as the European novel from the 18th century to the present, contemporary American fiction, and modern Hebrew literature. He has also written extensively on the literary aspects of the Bible. His most recent work is his monumental three volume translation of the entire Hebrew Bible - The Hebrew Bible, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019 - from which the selections in 929 are taken. ","short_description":"Robert Alter is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, and author of the three-volume translation of the entire Hebrew Bible - The Hebrew Bible, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019.","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":54357,"alt":"","title":"robert alter","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","width":184,"height":275,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","medium-width":184,"medium-height":275,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","medium_large-width":184,"medium_large-height":275,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","large-width":184,"large-height":275,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","1536x1536-width":184,"1536x1536-height":275,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","2048x2048-width":184,"2048x2048-height":275,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","post_full_size-width":184,"post_full_size-height":275,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/robert-alter.jpg","home_baner-width":184,"home_baner-height":275}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"481","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"The great pharaonic crocodile is not as great as he thinks he is\r\n\r\n","post_main_content_content":"

29:3 \u201c\u2018Speak and say, Thus said the Master, the LORD: Here I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great crocodile crouching in its rivers, who said \u2018My Nile is mine, and I made it for myself.\u2019\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Although this same Hebrew word [tanim<\/em>] in Genesis and Psalms refers to a mythological sea beast, here it is the crocodile, whose habitat is the Nile, and who also is an emblem for Pharaoh. The \u201cscales\u201d or armor plates of the beast belong to the crocodile.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From: Robert Alter, The Hebrew Bible<\/em>, vol. 2: Prophets, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019, ad loc. 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\u201cEgypt and Sea Monsters\u201d<\/a> by Tali Adler: What scary creatures are in the Nile?<\/p>\r\n

\u201cDancer, Rebel, Leader: Miriam in the Eyes of Rebetzin Tafat Halperin<\/a>\u201d by David Bar-Shain: Who exactly is Miriam?<\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Go deeper into the chapter....","tile_main_caption":"Source Sheets - Ezekiel 29","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Links to learning resources","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":42232,"alt":"","title":"sefaria-words-sunburst","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","width":608,"height":395,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst-300x195.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":195,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","medium_large-width":608,"medium_large-height":395,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","large-width":608,"large-height":395,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","1536x1536-width":608,"1536x1536-height":395,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","2048x2048-width":608,"2048x2048-height":395,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","post_full_size-width":608,"post_full_size-height":395,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sefaria-words-sunburst.png","home_baner-width":608,"home_baner-height":395}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"Sefaria word sunburst visualization","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Ezekiel","chapter":"29","chapter_main_number":"481","date":"20270704","wall_id":"481"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":13,"id":"74725","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Points to Ponder - Ezekiel 29 ","post_title":"Points to Ponder - Ezekiel 29","slug":"points-to-ponder-ezekiel-29","old_id":"74725","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":38102,"post_title":"929-English","slug":"929-english","old_id":"38102","first_name":"","last_name":"929-English","description":"","short_description":"","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":38333,"alt":"","title":"\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","width":1513,"height":860,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-300x171.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":171,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-768x437.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":437,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1024x582.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":582,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","1536x1536-width":1513,"1536x1536-height":860,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","2048x2048-width":1513,"2048x2048-height":860,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1200x682.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":682,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-739x420.png","home_baner-width":739,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"481","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"","post_main_content_content":"

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  1. Synchronize your calendars<\/em>. The two prophecies here are dated. No, not that they\u2019re old (that too) but that they have dates attached. The counting in Ezekiel is understood to begin with the exile of Jehoiachin. The first prophecy is from the 12th of Tevet in year 10 (January 7th, 587 BCE) - exactly one year after the beginning of the siege on Jerusalem, and about a year before its destruction. The second is from the 1st of Nissan in the year 27 (April 26th, 571 BCE) - after the siege on Tyre and before the campaign against Egypt.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. The Israelite connection I<\/em>. Egypt was an ally that Judah depended on in the rebellions against Assyria, and later, against Babylonia. But it was a \u201csplintered reed of a staff\u201d to lean on, as mentioned earlier in 2 Kings 18:21. Here, too, in verses 6-7 the same image is mentioned. See if you can spot the differences.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. 40 years<\/em>. Egypt is punished with 40 years of devastation, which is like saying for a full generation. The period of wrath against Judah was also defined, 25 chapters ago (ezek. 4) as forty years.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. The Israelite connection II<\/em>. What will happen to Israel when the prophecy against Egypt is fulfilled? See verse 21. <\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Ezekiel 29","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"Ezekiel","chapter":"29","chapter_main_number":"481","date":"20270704","wall_id":"481"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":"","link_teaser":"","listen_link":"","other_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/74456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}