Ezekiel 29:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

the Lord God. Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

the great dragon. the great crocodile, to which Egypt was likened on Roman coins. Compare Isaiah 51:9, where "Rehab" is used of Egypt (Isaiah 30:7).

My river. the Nile.

I have made it. Referring probably to the artificial system of canals and water-ways.

Ezekiel 29:3

3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.