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upon EZEKIELl 263
Ver. 18. Wail for the multitude of Egypt.'] Chapter
See Ver. 2. and >6. XXXII.
Ibid. aAnd caft them down, even her, and the iy"VNJ
Daughters of the famous Nations.'] The Pro- Ver. I °-
phets are faid to do things, when they declare
God's purpofe of doing them : See Chap, xliii. }.
where Ezekiel faith he was fent to deftroy the
City, i. e. to foretel its Deftru&ion. In the fame
Senfe we are to underftand the Expreffion here,
of cafting down Egypt, i. e. foretelling its Ruin,
together with God's Judgments upon other Famous
Kingdoms in that part of the World,
which are reckoned up in the following Verfes,
and called here the Daughters of the Nations:
concerning which Expreffion See the
Note on Ver. 16.
Ibid. Unto the nether parts of the Earthy
with them that go down to the Tit.] The Expreflions
denote utter Deftru&ion, and are parallel
to thofe elfewhere ufed of being brought
down to Hell, to the Grave, or into Silence.
Compare Chap. xxxi. 14. Ifa. xiv. 15.
Ver. 19. Whom doft thou fafs in "Beauty ? go Ver. 19.
down and he thou laid with the Uncircumcifed.]
What Reafon haft thou now to prefer thy felf
before others ? fince thou fhalt undergo the fame
Fate with the worft of them. Seethe Note on
Chap, xxviii. 10.
Ver. 20. They are fallen in the midft of them Ver. 20.
that are fain by the Sword.] They do not 'Die
the common Death of ail Men, as Mofes fpeaks,
Numb. xvi. 29. but are cut off by an extraordinary
Judgment from the Hand of God himfelf.
M m Ibid.