But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
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Gill's Exposition
But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it,.... The word for "cormorant" is rendered a "pelican", in Psa 102:6 they were both unclean fowls according to the law, of which see Lev 11:17 and See…
Barnes' Notes
But the cormorant - This and the following verses contain a description of the desolations of Edom in language remarkably similar to that employed in the account of the destruction of Babylon Isa…
This prophecy looks very black, but surely it looks so further than upon Edom and Bozrah. 1. It describes the melancholy changes that are often made by the divine Providence, in countries, cities,…
Cambridge Bible
the cormorant and the bittern Zep 2:14. R.V. has "the pelican (Lev 11:18; Psa 102:6) and the porcupine"; for the latter see on ch. Isa 14:23.
the line of confusion, and the stones(R.V. plummet) of…
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