- Which country is the subject of the prophecy in this chapter (Ezekiel 29:2)?
- What is the appellation of the ruler of Egypt in Ezekiel 29:3 and how is it appropriate to the geography of that country?
- How does the description in Ezekiel 29:5 posit full and painful destruction?
- What is a “weak reed” as set forth in Ezekiel 29:6?
- Is the future of Egypt, then, desolation (Ezekiel 29:9)?
- In Ezekiel 29:12, the number “forty years” is set down; does this represent an actual number and/or a “generation”?
- But, according to Ezekiel 29:13 and those that follow, will Egypt be “restored” and, if so, to its glory or to some other condition?
- How does this relate to Israel (Ezekiel 29:16)?
- In Ezekiel 29:17-21, what political event will deal with both Tyre and Egypt?
- And when that will have happened, will there be some hopeful development for the House of Israel (Ezekiel 29:21)?
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