Ezekiel 32

Ezekiel 32:1

THe twelfth] Of the captivitie of Jehoiachin, Ezekiel 1:2.

Ezekiel 32:2

A young Lyon] in cruelty and violence, see Ezekiel 19:2 A Whale] See Ezech. 29. 3 Thou camest forth] by reason of the convenient situation of the countrey thou didst undertake divers enterprizes, annoying and invading of other nations. A similitude taken from Crocodiles, which come up into the land by divers armes of Nilus.

Ezekiel 32:6

Of thee] Of thy blood, and of thy dead carkasses.

Ezekiel 32:7

I will cover] I will fill the world with horror and terror at thy ruine, see Isaiah 13:10.

Ezekiel 32:8

Will I make darke] I will deprive thee of all advice, wisdome and direction, and will bring all thy state into confusion, and extreme miseries.

Ezekiel 32:9

Vex thee] Seeing so mightie a Kingdome perish, and the King of Babylon growne so great.

Ezekiel 32:13

The great] From off the Land of Egypt which is abundautly watered, and therefore very fruitfull.

Ezekiel 32:14

Their waters deep] the Italian, Their waters to setle] a figurative description of a mighty desolation of a waterish countrey, wherein there is neither man nor beast for to trouble the waters.

Ezekiel 32:16

The daughters] namely, The cities and commonalties.

Ezekiel 32:17

The twelfth] See v. 1 The moneth] namely, The twelfth moneth.

Ezekiel 32:18

Waile] the Italian, Tune a mournfull song] that is to say, Make some kind of funerall exequies for Egypt, by lamentations or mournfull songs, according to the custome, and for the funerall of other nations likewise.

Ezekiel 32:19

Whom doest thou passe] O Egypt, What priviledge hast or deservest thou, more then all the other prophane Nations and Kingdomes? Thou must even perish, as all the rest have, and must doe.

Ezekiel 32:20

Shall fall] God will make a generall destruction of such people by warre, to doe which he hath already given the Chaldeans a commission Draw her] namely, Egypt, Even as one would draw a dead carkasse.

Ezekiel 32:21

The mighty] A Poeticall and Ironicall representation of the entertainment which other Princes and warlike nations, and especially those which were Egypts consederates, and were already dead, would give Pharaoh at his comming downe into hell, see Isaiah 14:9 To him] namely, To the King of Egypt.

Ezekiel 32:22

His graves] namely, The graves of his men which were slaine in the warres.

Ezekiel 32:23

Caused terror] Who had also beene violent and tyranicall in this world, like Egipt.

Ezekiel 32:24

Elam] namely, The King and people of Persia, or of some part of it, Gen. 10. 82.

Ezekiel 32:27

They shall not lie] These Kings did not die gloriously, having overcome their enemies, nor are not buried triumphantly with their armes, as it is the manner to honour warriers burialls: But these are dead basely, being overcome and discomfited by their enemies Their iniquities] They who have not suffered punishment for their faults and tyrannies in this life, but it hath beene reserved for them to be inflicted upon them after their death; by reason that no man durst undertake to punish them whilest they lived.

Ezekiel 32:28

Thou shalt] namely, Thou, O King of Egypt.

Ezekiel 32:30

With thei] notwithstanding, or together with that great power, with which they kept men subject to their tyranny Ashamed] Because that it could not save them, but is at the last come to nothing.

Ezekiel 32:31

Shall be comforted] As meeting with many companions in miserie.

Ezekiel 32:32

My terror] I have staid their fury through my terrible judgements.