Teks -- Ezekiel 29:15 (NET)

29:15 It will be the most insignificant of the kingdoms; it will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: Eze 29:15 - No more rule

Though in the times of the Ptolemeys, it was considerable, yet then, even then it did not rule the nations about her.

Defender: Eze 29:15 - basest of the kingdoms

Egypt was never doomed to extinction, as were such nations as Edom, Ammon, Phoenicia, and others. It was prophesied, however, to be "the basest of the kingdoms" from then on, never to rise again to its former greatness. After Babylonia, Egypt was under the heel of Persia, then Greece, then Rome. Later the Arabs spread the religion of Islam over Egypt and the native Egyptians eventually became an ethnic minority in their own country. In more recent times, Egypt was a part of the British Empire, receiving its independence only in 1922. As an Arab nation, it has occasionally tried to assume leadership over the Arab world, but has been unsuccessful. It has continued to be "the basest of the kingdoms," just as Ezekiel predicted over twenty-five centuries ago."

TSK: Eze 29:15 - the basest // rule

the basest : Eze 17:6, Eze 17:14, Eze 30:13; Zec 10:11

rule : Eze 31:2, Eze 32:2; Dan 11:42, Dan 11:43; Nah 3:8, Nah 3:9

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Eze 29:15 - The basest // Neither shall it exalt itself // They shall no more rule over the nations

The basest the most abject, debased, and most underling. It is likely the kings to whom Egypt was tributary kept them lowest, as knowing how dangerous that kingdom might be, as it recovered its ancient greatness; and the word seems to intimate this, for it is more than the kingdoms it shall be depressed.

Neither shall it exalt itself its masters would so watch and check it. I will diminish them; beside the hard and cruel usages of the Persian kings, which might be unjust enough, God’ s most just judgment should follow them to lessen their numbers, power, wealth, and honour.

They shall no more rule over the nations though once they had subdued and ruled, yet should they not any more. In the times of the Ptolemies, though it was considerable, yet then it was not a kingdom that ruled the nations about her, though she made war upon them.

Gill: Eze 29:15 - And it shall be the basest of the kingdoms // neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations // for I will demolish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations

And it shall be the basest of the kingdoms,.... That belonged to the Persian monarchy, or to the Macedonian empire, being more kept under than the rest, lest it should regain its former strength and glory; though it became more famous in the times of some of the Ptolemies, yet never recovered its former greatness; and is now exceeding base indeed, as appears from the preceding note:

neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations; so as to conquer them, and make them tributary to it, as it had done:

for I will demolish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations; for though they made war upon other nations in the time of the Lagidae, yet they did not subdue them, and annex them to their kingdom, being much weakened both as to men and money.