John Trapp on Ezekiel 29:1-2

CHAP. XXIX.

Ver. 1. IN the tenth year] The year before Jeruſalem was taken, chap. 24.1.

In the tenth moneth] Called Thebeth, Eſtth. 2. and it anſwereth to our January, ſaith Bede, Chronology is the eye of Prophecy, as well as of Hiſtory.

In Euterpt.Ver. 2. Set thy face againſt Pharaoh] This was Pharaoh Ophra, whom Horodotus calleth Apryes, and ſaith, that he gave out that no God, how great ſoever could deprive him of his Kingdom. Dionyſius the tyrant of Sicily alſo was wont to ſay, that his Kingdom was tyed unto him with chaines of adamant: but it proved otherwiſe. Noli gloriari.

And againſt all Egypt] Which held it ſelf able to hold out againſt all the world, and is therefote here threatened at large in this, and the three next Chapters.