Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with forest shade, and of a high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Assyrian. The ruin of this great empire (Calmet) might have admonished the king of Egypt of his frail condition. (Haydock)
About thirty-eight years before (Calmet) Ninive had been taken, and its king (Sarac or Chinaladan) slain by his own general, Nabopolassar, and by Astyages, of Media. They divided the empire between them, and the father of Nabuchodonosor fixed his residence at Babylon. (Usher, the year of the world 3378.)
Cedar. Septuagint, "cypress. "
Top; the king of Ninive. (Calmet)
Egypt's monarch thought himself invincible; yet would fall like the Assyrian. (Worthington)
