Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 32:2

2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, thou are like a young lion of the nations , and thou art as a whale in the seas and thou camest forth with thy rivers and troubledst the waters with thy feet , and fouledst their rivers.

See chap. 19. ver. 1. let. a. b. c. and [illegible: 1 letter]hap. 27. ver. 2. let. a. b.

Hop[illegible: 1 letter]ra.

This Hieroglyphick see chap. 19. ver. 3. let. s. and ver 6. let. i.

Among, or to the Nations round about thee, spoiling all thou canst, a cruel devourer abroad.

A Crocodile, a devouring Dragon in thy Rivers at home, for there the Crocodiles lay, and did m[illegible: 1 letter]schief, though sometimes they went down the River to the Sea.

That comes forth to seek prey, and devour, so a Lion at Land, a Whale, or Crocodile rather, at S[illegible: 2 letters], ravenous every where.

Raisedst mighty A[illegible: 1 letter]mies, and didst lead them out ag[illegible: 1 letter]inst thy Neighbours, as in particular, cap. 29.3, 4.

The People, Kingdoms, and Kings near thee.

With thy Souldiers.

Disturbedst, and mudd[illegible: 1 letter]edst their pleasant clearness, and madest them unfit to drink, i. e, Didst spoil all the pleasant and useful conveniencies of thy Neighbours.

Marginal references: Or, Dragor.