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Chapter
XXIX.
^Commentary
CHAP. XXIX
The Argument.
In this and the three following Chapters, isforetold
the Conqueft of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar,
which came to pafs in the Third Tear of Nebuchadnezzar'-f
Reign, which was the Twenty feventh
c/Jehoiakin'j Captivity : See Ver. ij.'This
was the fame Judgment upon Egypt which was
foretold by Jeremiah, Chap, xlvi. i j, &c.
Ver. 2- V er.
Ver. ?.
2- ETtby Face [See Chap. vi. 2.3
againft Tharaoh Kjng of £gyptj]
Tharaoh being a common
Name to all the Kings
of Egypt, this Prince was
called Tharaoh Hophra, by
way of Diftin£tion by Jeremy,
oApries by Herodotus,
Chap. xlvi. 30. and
Ver. $. The great "Dragon that lies in the midft
of his Rivers,'} The Word Tannim fignifies any
great