Thou art like ... - Rather, you would be like (others, “were likened to”) a young lion.

And thou art - In contrast to what…

As a whale. —Rather, a crocodile. (See Note on Ezekiel 29:3, where the same word is used.) A striking contrast i…

Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt , &c.] Pharaohhophra, or Apries; say a funeral dirge for him; this is o…

It is fitting for us to weep and tremble for those who will not weep and tremble for themselves. Great oppressors are, in God's account, no better …