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he that exalteth his gate, &c. : i.e. a rich man, who thus proclaimed his wealth (Eastern doors being generally low-pitched and uninviting),
courted destruction. This explains 2Ki_25:9, where "every great man's house he (Nebuchadnezzar) burnt with fire".