Ezekiel 29:4
“But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
But I will put hooks in thy jaws,.... The allusion is to fishhooks, which are taken by fishes with the bait into their…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Hooks in thy jaws - Compare Job 41:2. The crocodile is thus rendered an easy prey. Fish of thy rivers - i. e., the…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
I will put hooks in thy jaws - Amasis, one of this king's generals, being proclaimed king by an insurrection of the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ezekiel 29:1-7
Here is, I. The date of this prophecy against Egypt. It was in the tenth year of the captivity, and yet it is placed…
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