Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
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Gill's Exposition
Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt,.... Sing a funeral song or dirge, or compose one, to be sung by the mourning women, on account of the vast numbers of the inhabitants of Egypt that shall…
Adam Clarke
Cast them down - Show them that they shall be cast down. Proclaim to them a casting down prophecy.
This prophecy concludes and completes the burden of Egypt, and leaves it and all its multitude in the pit of destruction.
I. We are here invited to attend the funeral of that once flourishing kingdom,…
Cambridge Bible
The lament is primarily over the multitude or nationality of Egypt.
cast them down, even her Probably: and sink them down, thou and the daughters of famous nations. In Eze 32:32 the daughters of the…
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