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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:29

There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes ,.... In the next place, near the graves of the above mentioned, and in the same ruinous and desolate condition, lie the famous kingdom of Idumea, and the several kings and dukes of it, from the first setting of it up, to its last destruction prophesied of, Ezekiel 25:12 , of many of which mention is made, Genesis 36:15 , which with their might are laid by them that are slain with the sword ; who, notwithstanding their powerful armies,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:30

There be the princes of the north ,..... The kings of Babylon, according to Kimchi, which lay north of Judea; or the princes of Syria, Damascus, and Tyre, especially the latter, which commonly goes along with Zidon, being near it, as follows: and all the Zidonians . The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "and all the hunters"; but wrongly; as also the Septuagint and Arabic versions, which read the princes or soldiers of Assyria. The Zidonians or inhabitants of Zidon are meant as the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:31

Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over his multitude ,.... That is, when Pharaoh is brought to the grave, and into the state of the dead, he shall look about him, and see who lie by him; and he shall behold the above mentioned kings of Assyria, Persia, Idumea, and the princes of Tyre and Zidon, and all their mighty armies, generals and soldiers, in the same condition with himself; and this shall be some solace to him in his own death, and at the loss of so great a kingdom, such... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 32:32

For I have caused my terror in the land of the living ,.... Or, "his terror" F6 חתיתו "terrorem ejus", Grotius; "consternationem ejus", Starckius. ; there is a double reading. The Keri or marginal reading, which we follow has it "my terror" F7 חתיתי "terrorem meum", Pagninus, Munster, Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Polanus. ; but the Cetib or writing is his terror; and so read the Septuagint. Syriac, and Arabic versions; both may be taken, and the sense be, I have... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 32:1

In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month - On Wednesday, March 22, the twelfth year of the captivity of Jeconiah, A.M. 3417. Instead of the twelfth year, five of Kennicott's MSS., and eight of De Rossi's, read עשרה בעשתי in the eleventh year. This reading is supported by the Syriac; and is confirmed by an excellent MS. of my own, about four hundred years old. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 32:2

Thou art like a young lion - and thou art as a whale in the seas - Thou mayest be likened to two of the fiercest animals in the creation; to a lion, the fiercest on the land; to a crocodile, תנים tannim , (see Ezekiel 29:3 ;), the fiercest in the waters. It may, however, point out the hippopotamus, as there seems to be a reference to his mode of feeding. He walks deliberately into the water over head, and pursues his way in the same manner; still keeping on his feet, and feeding on the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 32:5

And fill the valleys with thy height - Some translate, with the worms, which should proceed from the putrefaction of his flesh. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 32:6

The land wherein thou swimmest - Egypt; so called, because intersected with canals, and overflowed annually by the Nile. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 32:7

I will cover the heaven - Destroy the empire. Make the stars thereof dark - Overwhelm all the dependent states. I will cover the sun - The king himself. And the moon shall not give her light - The queen may be meant, or some state less than the kingdom. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 32:8

And set darkness upon thy land - As I did when a former king refused to let my people go to the wilderness to worship me. I will involve thee, and thy house, and thy people, and the whole land, in desolation and wo. read more

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