Fifth prophecy against Egypt: a warning to Pharaoh from the fate of the Assyrians. The Assyrian empire, after having been supreme in Asia for four centuries, had been overthrown by the united forces of the Babylonians and Medes, in the year of the battle of Carchemish (605 b.c.), which had broken the power of Egypt. This gives force to the warning to Egypt from Assyria’s fall.
His plants - Rather, her plantation. The water represents the riches and might which flowed into Assyria.
When be shot forth - Or, when the deep water sent forth its streams.
Garden of God - Paradise.