Ezekiel 32:1
_Twelfth. He counts from the captivity of Jechonias, as Sedecias reigned only eleven years. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Twelfth. He counts from the captivity of Jechonias, as Sedecias reigned only eleven years. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Dragon, or crocodile; two of the most terrible creatures. --- With the horn is not expressed in Hebrew and the crocodile has nothing like a horn. It has four feet, with which it makes the water muddy. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Net. Septuagint, "hook," chap. xxix. 4. (Calmet) --- Some take the crocodile with a net, ver. 3. (Elian. Hist. x. 21.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Corruption. Septuagint, "blood." But romuth (Haydock) means rather "worms." (Syriac) (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Out, like a candle, by death; extinctus. (Haydock) --- The glory of Egypt was so great, that at its fall the light of heaven seemed diminished. (Worthington) --- Great desolation is thus intimated. --- When, &c., is not is some Latin copies, nor in Hebrew, &c. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Anger, as they will not know why I have treated thee so severely: or rather, they shall be afraid for themselves, ver. 10. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Invincible, when they wield God's sword. Cyrus easily conquered them. (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "strong,." Septuagint, "pestiferous."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Oil. It is very transparent. It seems the Nile was rendered muddy by cattle, &c._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Fulness, or all of it shall be desolate._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Month: probably the twelfth, ver. 1._... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XXXII. _ Down: announce this catastrophe. (Calmet) --- Apries was slain by order of Amasis. (Diodorus 1.) (Jeremias xliv. 30.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Most. Septuagint, "giants shall say to thee: Remain in the depth of the pit. Whom dost thou excel? descend," &c. (Haydock) --- They vary much in this chapter from the Hebrew. (St. Jerome) --- Helpers; Lybians, &c., chap. xxx. 5. These shall come to compliment the king. (Calmet) --- After a battle,... [ Continue Reading ]
_Shame. They are buried without any distinction._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Not. Some copies of Septuagint omit the negation. Others render the Hebrew, "Have they not slept?" &c. These nations were deprived of military honours, dying like cowards; and therefore their swords were not placed with them in the grave. (Calmet) --- It was customary to inter such things as the de... [ Continue Reading ]
_Midst. This threat would make great impression on the Egyptians, who were particularly solicitous to be buried with their fathers._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Edom. Septuagint add, "and all the Assyrian princes." Some copies omit Edom. (Haydock) --- This nation had laid aside circumcision, which Hircan forced them to resume. They had been present at the siege of Jerusalem, chap. xxxv. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hunters of men, like Nimrod, the first king of Assyria. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_My. Hebrew, Septuagint, "his," (Calmet) alluding to the ravages of Nechao; (Grotius) though the Hebrew may also signify my, as the Jews read Egypt, and Palestine, the land of the living, were filled with terror. After the latter had been chastised, Pharao might dread (Calmet) a worse fate; (Haydock... [ Continue Reading ]