Text: Ezekiel 29:17-20
OT Text Referred to: Ezekiel 26:7-14
Subject: Nebuchadnezzar's compensation redirected from Tyre to Egypt
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Ezekiel 29:17-20, the latest dated oracle in the book (571 BC), explicitly revisits the prophecy of Ezekiel 26:7-14 against Tyre. God acknowledges that Nebuchadnezzar's army labored against Tyre with "every head made bald and every shoulder rubbed bare" but received no פְּעֻלָּה (pe'ullah, "wages/reward"). God therefore gives Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar as שָׂכָר (sakhar, "payment") for service rendered. This inner-biblical cross-reference demonstrates how the prophet himself understood prophetic fulfillment as a dynamic process—God's sovereign purposes may unfold through unexpected channels, but His commitments to His instruments of judgment remain intact.