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"Set your face against Pharaoh"

Text: Ezekiel 29:2

A WORD AGAINST THE PHARAOH

God turned His attention to Egypt. He gave to Ezekiel a firm word concerning the Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.

“In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month,
the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
‘Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt.
Speak, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
‘Behold, I am against you,
O Pharaoh king of Egypt,
O great monster who lies in the midst of his rivers,
Who has said, ‘My River is my own;
I have made it for myself.”””
Ezekiel 29:1-3

1. Dating of this prophecy.

a) This date is set against the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC.

b) It was given in 596 BC.

2. The prophecy against Egypt.

a) This word would take up 4 chapters (Ezekiel 29-32).

b) Egypt was once the nation that had enslaved the children of Israel for about 400 years.

c) Egypt continued to be a world power for many years after the children of Israel made their exodus.

3. This word of prophecy was directed to:

a) The Pharaoh.

b) The land of Egypt.

c) All the Egyptians who supported their Pharaoh.

4. The Pharaoh described.

a) He was described as a monster who lives in the River Nile.

b) He was compared to a monstrous crocodile.

i) Crocodiles inhabited the River Nile.

ii) They were feared by those who lived near the River.

c) The arrogant boast of Pharaoh.

i) “My River (Nile) is my own”.

ii) “I have made it for myself”.

d) Pharaoh saw himself as a demigod.

i) He made the River Nile.

ii) Thus, he “owned” it.

e) He could not have been more wrong.