* his height.
The Assyrian king, to whom Pharaoh is compared, from his great
power, extensive dominion, and the protection he afforded,
resembled the spreading branches, thick shade, and high
stature of a flourishing cedar on mount Lebanon. The fruitful
lands of Assyria; the immense revenues he drew from vast
multitudes in his extensive territories; his lucrative
commerce, by the river Tigris, with the countries on the
Indian ocean; and all the various sources of his wealth and
prosperity, resembled the rivers and streams which cause the
trees planted by them to grow and flourish exceedingly; and
hence the empire and its head were exalted above all the
kingdoms of the earth.
Ps 37:35,36 Isa 10:8-14 36:4,18,19 37:11-13 Da 4:11
* he shot forth. or, it sent them forth.
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