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A Picture of Total Defeat
Commentators explain that this verse paints a graphic picture of total military defeat. The imagery shifts from a hunted beast to the aftermath of a slaughter. God's judgment is depicted as so complete that the corpses of Egypt's army will be scattered across the mountains and piled so high they fill the valleys.
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Ezekiel
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 32:5
18th Century
Theologian
The prophet passes from the image of the crocodile to that of dead bodies of the slain heaped up on the land. Some render "height" or "foulness."
John Gill
On Ezekiel 32:5
17th Century
Pastor
And I will lay your flesh upon the mountains
The remainder of it, left by the birds and beasts of prey, and who mi…
Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 32:1–16
17th Century
Minister
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 …