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I will cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers: you shall fall on the open field; you shall not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
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A Picture of Total Ruin
Commentators explain the verse's powerful imagery. Pharaoh, the great crocodile, and his people, the fish, are dragged from their river of power and left helpless in the desert. This signifies a complete and humiliating defeat, where they are left unburied and exposed, becoming food for scavengers. It's a vivid picture of God stripping away a nation's power and honor.
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Ezekiel
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19th Century
Anglican
Open fields is synonymous with “wilderness” in the previous clause. The crocodile and the fish together, drawn from the river, are…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee, and all the fish of thy rivers
Presbyterian
Worldly, carnal minds pride themselves in their property, forgetting that whatever we have, we received it from God and should use it for God. Why,…
