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2&f
A Commentary
Chapter Ibid. 'Draw her and all her Multitudes.]
XXXII. Carry her and her People away to the Grave,
i/VSJ like fo many Ca trades which are buried without
any Solemnity. The Words are fpoken to
the 'Babylonians, the Executioners of God's Judgments
upon Egypt.
Ver. 2 i . Ver. 2 1 . The firong among the mighty pall
fpeak to him out of the midft of Hell, with them
that help him.~] Here follows a Poetical Defcription
of the Infernal Regions, where the Ghofts
of deceafed Tyrants with their Subjects are reprefented
as coming to meet the King of Egypt
and his Auxiliaries, See Chap. xxx. 8. upon
their Arrival to the fame Place. Hell fignifies
here the State of the Dead. Compare Chap.
xxxi, 16,17. Ifa. xiv.9, &c. and fee the Notes
there.
Ibid. They are gone down, 8rcVJ Thefe Warriors
famous in their Time for their Exploits
have undergone the fame Fate with other Men
of Blood, and are gone down to the Grave by
violent Deaths. See Ver. 1 9.
Ver. 22. Ver. 22. oAsJhur is there and all her Company.]
The oAjjyrians both King and People, whofe
Deftru&ion is reprefented in the foregoing
Chapter.
Ibid. His Graves are alout him.] The Egyptians
lie buried in the fame Place with them.
The Mafculine and Feminine Genders are promifcuoufly
ufed in the following Verfes. The
Mafculine referring to the Prince whofe Subjects
the Deceafed were; the Feminine to the
Nation or Country to which they belonged.
Ver.