Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 29:15

15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt it self any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

The most abject, debased, and most underling, 'tis likely the Kings, to whom Egypt was Tributary, kept them lowest, as knowing how dangerous that Kingdom might be, as it recovered its antient greatness, and the word seems to intimate this, for 'tis more than the Kingdoms, it shall be depressed.

Its Masters would so watch and check it.

Beside the hard and cruel usages of the Persian Kings, which might be unjust enough, God's most just Judgment should follow them to lessen their Numbers, Power, Wealth, and Honour.

Though once they had subdued, and ruled, yet should they not any more, in the times of the Ptolomey's though 'twas considerable, yet then 'twas not a Kingdom, tha[illegible: 1 letter] ruled the Nations about her, though she made war upon them.