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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 32:14 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 32:14	King James	Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
make their waters deep--rather, "make . . . to subside"; literally, "sink" [FAIRBAIRN]. like oil--emblem of quietness. No longer shall they descend violently on other countries as the overflowing Nile, but shall be still and sluggish in political action.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

make their waters deep--rather, "make . . . to subside"; literally, "sink" [FAIRBAIRN].

like oil--emblem of quietness. No longer shall they descend violently on other countries as the overflowing Nile, but shall be still and sluggish in political action.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
A promise of a return of God's favor. This concerns not the restoration of Egypt's original power, but the establishment of the Divine Ruler in the place of a pagan God-opposing power.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

A promise of a return of God's favor. This concerns not the restoration of Egypt's original power, but the establishment of the Divine Ruler in the place of a pagan God-opposing power.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Like oil - A figurative expression, signifying, there shall be such an universal sadness and heaviness upon the whole nation, that the very rivers which used to flow briskly, shall grow deep, and slow, and heavy.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Like oil - A figurative expression, signifying, there shall be such an universal sadness and heaviness upon the whole nation, that the very rivers which used to flow briskly, shall grow deep, and slow, and heavy.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Cause their rivers to run like oil - Bring the whole state into quietness, there being no longer a political hippopotamus to foul the waters - to disturb the peace of the country.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Cause their rivers to run like oil - Bring the whole state into quietness, there being no longer a political hippopotamus to foul the waters - to disturb the peace of the country.

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