Ezekiel 29:8,9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee This was fulfilled, first by the civil wars which broke out in Egypt, and next by the invasion of it by Nebuchadnezzar, who carried his victorious arms through the whole country, destroying wherever he came; and will cut off man and beast That is, destroy a vast number both of men and beasts. And the land of Egypt shall be desolate A great part of Egypt was, without doubt, laid waste and made desolate by the ravages of war. Because he hath said, The river is mine Arrogance and self-confidence are always spoken of in Scripture as highly displeasing to God. Whenever any one thinks, speaks, or acts as if he were self-dependent, and had safety, prosperity, and happiness in his own power, then do the Scriptures represent God as giving up such a one to calamity, to convince him how little reason he had to think highly of, or to trust in himself.