Proclamation Against Egypt
a“Behold, I am against you,
O Pharaoh king of Egypt,
O great bmonster who lies in the midst of his rivers,
cWho has said, ‘My1 River is my own;
I have made it for myself.’
And cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales;
I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers,
And all the fish in your rivers will stick to your scales.
You and all the fish of your rivers;
You shall fall on the1 open afield;
bYou shall not be picked up or1 gathered.
cI have given you as food
To the beasts of the field
And to the birds of the heavens.
Shall know that I am the Lord,
Because they have been a astaff of reed to the house of Israel.
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Ezekiel 29:3
The great dragon - hattannim should here be translated crocodile, as that is a real animal, and numerous in the Nile; whereas the dragon is wholly fabulous. The original signifies any large animal.
The midst of his rivers - This refers to the several branches of the Nile, by which this river empties itself into the Mediterranean. The ancients termed them septem ostia Nili , "the seven mouths of the Nile." The crocodile was the emblem of Egypt.
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