John Trapp on Ezekiel 29:4
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Ezekiel29:4
Ver. 4. But I will put hooks in thy chaws] Speaking to Tyru[illegible: 1 letter] a Sea-town, Sea-Metaphors were made uſe of. Now he fetcheth them from waters and fiſhes, that he may frame himſelf to his hearers: A good precedent for Preachers.
To ſtick unto thy ſcales] Thy ſubjects ſhall all follow thee into the field, that there you may all fall together. Had they kept themſelves in Egypt, they might have been far ſafer; for that Country could hardly be come at by an enemy. But they went forth to meet their bane, as if they had been ambitious of deſtruction. God had a holy hand in it.
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