The last four chapters of Ezekiel’s oracles against the nations consist of a loose collection of seven prophecies, all concerned with Egypt: an allegorical oracle depicting Pharaoh as a dragon in the Nile (29:1–16); a late appendix to the book promising Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar (29:17–21); a lament over Egypt (30:1–19); a second oracle against the Pharaoh (30:20–26); an allegory depicting Egypt as the World Tree (31:1–18); a lament over Pharaoh, recapitulating the dragon allegory (32:1–16); and a funeral dirge for Egypt, recapitulating elements of the World Tree allegory (32:17–32). Six of these oracles carry dates (all but 30:1–19), so this section carries the highest concentration of dates in the book. However, those dates are not in sequence. This is another odd feature, since otherwise …