Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:
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Gill's Exposition
Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain,.... Or, "on his fall" (s); the fall of this tree: and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches as when a tree is cut down, and its…
Assyria’s fall. Eze 31:11 More accurately: Therefore I will deliver him, etc ... he shall surely deal with him. I have driven him out, etc. Eze 31:14 Their trees - Rather, as in the margin, “standing…
Adam Clarke
Upon his ruin shall all the fowls - The fall of Egypt is likened to the fall of a great tree; and as the fowls and beasts sheltered under its branches before, Eze 31:6, so they now feed upon its…
We have seen the king of Egypt resembling the king of Assyria in pomp, and power, and prosperity, how like he was to him in his greatness; now here we see,
I. How he does likewise resemble him in his…
Cambridge Bible
his ruin i.e. his fallen trunk and branches, ch. Eze 32:4; Eze 39:17; Isa 18:6.
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