Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field,.... His majesty, grandeur, and glory, were advanced above all princes, nobles, and people; all ranks and degrees of men, let them be…
Fifth prophecy against Egypt: a warning to Pharaoh from the fate of the Assyrians. The Assyrian empire, after having been supreme in Asia for four centuries, had been overthrown by the united forces…
This prophecy bears date the month before Jerusalem was taken, as that in the close of the foregoing chapter about four months before. When God's people were in the depth of their distress, it would…
Cambridge Bible
his boughs were multiplied Wanting in LXX.
when he shot forth When he sent them forth, i.e. his branches, cf. Eze 17:6-7. Others: when it (the deep) sent them (the waters) forth; cf. Eze 31:31.
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