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Ezekiel 32:5

Ezekiel 32:5
And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

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.”

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And fill the valleys with thy height - Some translate, with the worms, which should proceed from the putrefaction of his flesh.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 32:1-16

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Cf. Eze 31:12 Other suggestions for "height" have little probability.

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