Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 32:20

20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword : she is delivered to the sword : draw her and all her multitudes .

The Egyptians.

In Battle shall die.

Of either one another in civil War, or of their Neighbours, they invaded, or of Babylonians, that invaded them.

The whole Egyptian Kingdom is given up of God.

Of wasting Enemies, especially of the Chaldaean.

Make no Ceremony more than usually is made, when common Souldiers slain in the Field, where the Battle is fought, are drag'd by scores into mighty pits, and thrown into them promiscuously; or, as the enterlude will bear it, suppose any of them unwilling to stoop, draw them to it against their will.

Of Souldiers, and People, Subjects, Allies, and helpers of Egypt.

Now the Prophet determines concerning the people, which die as others, fall undistinguisht, and, as such undistinguisht, must be laid in the pit.

Marginal references: Or, the sword is said.