The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20

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Amasis having subdued and imprisoned
his rival and being himself firmly estab
lished on the throne. intends to show kind
ness to the royal prisoner, but the mad
populace were dissatisfied. Hophra was
therefore delivered up to his enemies by
whom he was strangled to death.
The first twelves of the 18th chapter
foretell the disastrous results of the expe-
dition of Pharaoh Necho, against Carce-
mist these events transpired previous to
those referred to in the proceeding chap
ters and are fully described in the history
of Juda and Israel. From the 18th yer.
is another distinct prophesy it relates to
the invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar
which has been alway desrcibed and
which transpired soon after death of the
prophet We now proceed to visions of
Ezekiel, as recorded in the 90, 80, 81,
33 chapters. -
This prophet lived in the time of Jere
miah and sometime subsequent to his
death. His first prophesy in relation to
Egypt is contained in the first l 5 verses of
the 29th chapter. The prophet upbraids
Egypt for having treacberousiy deserted
Israel. He calls Pharaoh and all Egypt
dragon, alluding to the worship of the
crocodile.
! He foretells the 40 years of captivity.
The whole prophesy has allusion to the
invasion of Egypt by Nebuchsdnezzar,
except the fourteenth and fifteen verses
which allude to the present and continuous
condition of Egypt, as the basest of the
kingdoms. This prophesy was uttered in
the 10th year, in the tenth month, in the
tenth day of the month, that is in the lat
ter part of the tenth year of the reign of
Tedekiah and some three years before the
entire captivity of Judah, being 58s B.
G.. Pharaoh Hophra was stillin his pride
and pomp and vain boasting, about two
months after this time in the eleventh
year, and in the seventh day of the first
month The prophet utters another prophe
sy in regard to some events which will be
found in the 3oth chapter, from the Goth
verse to the ended, in which he speaks of
Pharaoh as having both his arms broken
and never bound up with a rollers, that
is Pharaoh Hophra. in both his Egyptian
and foreign soldiers, he would fail of sup
port, and that the government would new
er return to him or his family; he also
foretells that not only the king, but his
people, should be carried captives to dis
tants lands. .s-s.
Two months after this Ezekiel prophe-
sled again against Egypt, as recorded in
in the 51st chapter. This is a recital of
the power, wealth, pride and final over
throw of Ninevah, the capital of Assyria,
which took place 58 years before; he
then declares that the present glory and
future fate of Egypt shall be like that of
Ninnevah.
About2O months after this, the prophet
again takes up a lamentation for the fall of
Egypt as recorded in the 32d chapter, to
the 16 verse. This lamentation refers,
first to the beginning of the captivity by
Nebuchadnezzar; but it also extends to
all the subsequent invasions of Egypt by
the Persians and other great nations. In
the fourth verse it is declared that the
beast of the whole earth shall be filed
with Egypt, alluding to the four great
beasts seen by Daniel, which signifed
four great monarchies that ruled the
whole earth. -....s ....
The Babyloniahs, the Persians, the
Mecedonians and the Romans, each in
turn invaded and rayished Egypt. The
7th, 9th, and 9th verses are highly fig
urative and graphic description of the des-
olations Of Egypt produced by the inva;
sion of Canbyses of Persia. The SUN,
moon, stars, and lights of heaven being
darkened, refers to the wanton- murder of
the king Psammetticus, his children and
the princes and learned men of Egypt, by
the mad Persian. Many people being
vexed and amazed refers to the alarm,
when Cambysis threatened to invade Car
thagenia. Jupiter Ammon and Ethiope
having already destroyed Egypt.
The prophet then falls back again upon
the beginning of these calamities by the
invasion of the Babylonians, he soon;
however, advances again to the Persians,
and in the 18th verse describes the desc
lateness and destitution Of Egypt pro-
duced by the ravages of Cambysis. Fif-
teen days later Ezekiel gave his fifth pro-
phesy of Egypt, beginning with the 18th
verse; this is most remarkable prophesy.
The eye of the prophet glances forward
to far distant times, he foretells minutely
the ultimate of Asshur, which is Babylon
of Elan, which is Persia Of Mesheck,