Fifth prophecy against Egypt: a warning to Pharaoh from the fate of the Assyrians.

The Assyrian empire, after being supreme in Asia for four …

A cedar in Lebanon: Lebanon is mentioned only because it was the place where the most famous cedars grew in their greatest perfect…

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon Here grew the tallest, most stately, broad and flourishing ones. This sense i…

The falls of others, both into sin and ruin, warn us not to be secure or high-minded. The prophet is to show an instance of one whom the king of Eg…