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29._o he_o call_v pharaoh_n king_n of_o egypt_n the_o dragon_n of_o the_o river_n which_o i_o believe_v have_v reference_n to_o the_o crocodile_n in_o those_o river_n which_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o serpent_n and_o beast_n also_o and_o in_o the_o 7._o verse_n after_o which_o we_o be_v now_o upon_o to_o a_o staff_n of_o reed_n whereas_o in_o that_o 68_o psal_n you_o see_v both_o be_v put_v together_o the_o beast_n of_o reed_n here_o in_o this_o 29._o of_o ezechiel_n the_o prophet_n have_v in_o his_o eye_n the_o common_a hieroglyphic_n of_o the_o country_n turn_v the_o similitude_n to_o their_o be_v a_o staff_n of_o reed_n that_o suit_v his_o present_a scope_n which_o be_v to_o express_v their_o fail_v that_o confidence_n the_o people_n of_o god_n repose_v in_o they_o and_o so_o become_v the_o fatal_a occasion_n of_o their_o misery_n because_o say_v he_o verse_n 6._o thou_o have_v be_v a_o staff_n of_o reed_n to_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n when_o they_o take_v hold_v of_o thou_o thou_o 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then_o cyrus_n be_v anoint_v because_o as_o sanctius_n well_o say_v non_fw-la minus_fw-la studiose_fw-la res_fw-la curabat_fw-la judaicas_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la judaeorum_n esset_fw-la &_o non_fw-fr persarun_n imperator_fw-la he_o take_v as_o much_o care_n for_o the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v king_n of_o jury_n himself_o and_o god_n call_v he_o likewise_o his_o shepherd_z even_o as_o he_o have_v do_v david_n that_o be_v to_o look_v to_o his_o sheep_n in_o the_o place_n i_o quote_v before_o concern_v the_o assyrian_a and_o babylonian_a king_n jer._n 50._o you_o hear_v how_o he_o call_v they_o lion_n because_o they_o scatter_v his_o sheep_n so_o the_o expression_n be_v there_o but_o here_o he_o call_v cyrus_n his_o shepherd_z that_o shall_v perform_v all_o his_o pleasure_n and_o for_o that_o end_n raise_v he_o to_o all_o this_o greatness_n for_o for_o who_o sake_n be_v it_o he_o have_v the_o nation_n give_v he_o read_v 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