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

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

His plants. —Should rather be, his plantation.

Sent out her little rivers.— The thought is that th…

The waters made him great

The waters of the river Tigris, near to which stood the city of Nineveh, the metropolis …

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…