- Bible
- Ezekiel
- Chapter 32
- Verse 5
And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
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Gill's Exposition
And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains,.... The remainder of it, left by the birds and beasts of prey, and who might carry it thither; or it intends such of the Egyptians who should flee to the…
Barnes' Notes
The prophet passes from the image of the crocodile to that of dead bodies of the slain heaped up on the land. Some render “height,” “foulness.”
Adam Clarke
And fill the valleys with thy height - Some translate, with the worms, which should proceed from the putrefaction of his flesh.
Here, I. The prophet is ordered to take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, Eze 32:2. It concerns ministers to be much of a serious spirit, and, in order thereunto, to be frequent in taking up…
Cambridge Bible
Cf. Eze 31:12 Other suggestions for "height" have little probability.