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I will leave you on the land, I will cast you forth on the open field, and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth with you.
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A Monster Cast Ashore
Commentators explain the verse's vivid imagery of a great sea creature, representing Pharaoh, being violently pulled from the water and left helpless on land. This symbolizes the complete and humiliating downfall of a powerful, arrogant ruler, demonstrating that no earthly power is beyond God's sovereign judgment.
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Ezekiel
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then will I leave thee upon the land Like a fish that is drawn out of the waters with a net or hook, and laid on dry land…
Presbyterian
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 …
