The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 32:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

I will spread out my net. The imagery of Ezekiel 29:3 is repeated, with a variation as to the mode of capture. There is no evidence that the crocodile was ever taken with a net; but Ezekiel may have chosen the comparison for that very reason.

What was impossible in the parable, according to its letter, was possible when it received its application.

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