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Text -- Ezekiel 31:15 (NET)

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31:15 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day it went down to Sheol I caused observers to lament. I covered it with the deep and held back its rivers; its plentiful water was restrained. I clothed Lebanon in black for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Lebanon a mountain range and the adjoining regions (IBD)
 · Sheol the place of the dead


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Hell | GLORY | FAINT | Egypt | Assyria | more
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Word/Phrase Notes
Wesley , JFB , Clarke , TSK

Word/Phrase Notes
Barnes , Poole , Haydock , Gill

Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes , Geneva Bible

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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Eze 31:15 - -- The king of Assyria.

The king of Assyria.

Wesley: Eze 31:15 - -- There was much lamentation.

There was much lamentation.

Wesley: Eze 31:15 - -- Probably there were portentous signs in the sea, and great waters, and the rivers, and among the trees.

Probably there were portentous signs in the sea, and great waters, and the rivers, and among the trees.

JFB: Eze 31:15 - -- As mourners cover their heads in token of mourning, "I made the deep that watered the cedar" to wrap itself in mourning for him. The waters of the dee...

As mourners cover their heads in token of mourning, "I made the deep that watered the cedar" to wrap itself in mourning for him. The waters of the deep are the tributary peoples of Assyria (Rev 17:15).

JFB: Eze 31:15 - -- Literally, were "faintness" (itself); more forcible than the verb.

Literally, were "faintness" (itself); more forcible than the verb.

Clarke: Eze 31:15 - -- I caused Lebanon to mourn for him - All the confederates of Pharaoh are represented as deploring his fall, Eze 31:16, Eze 31:17.

I caused Lebanon to mourn for him - All the confederates of Pharaoh are represented as deploring his fall, Eze 31:16, Eze 31:17.

TSK: Eze 31:15 - -- I caused a : The deep and all the mighty rivers which cherished this fair tree are here described as mourning at his downfallcaps1 . tcaps0 hey stop ...

I caused a : The deep and all the mighty rivers which cherished this fair tree are here described as mourning at his downfallcaps1 . tcaps0 hey stop their usual courses to bewail his fate, and Lebanon with all its stately trees (his confederates and allies), sympathise with him in his misfortunes. Nah 2:8-10; Rev 18:9-11, Rev 18:18, Rev 18:19

mourn : Heb. be black, Mal 3:4

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Eze 31:15-17 - -- Effect of Assyria’ s fall. Eze 31:15 I covered the deep - To cover with sack-cloth was an expression of mourning Eze 27:31. The deep...

Effect of Assyria’ s fall.

Eze 31:15

I covered the deep - To cover with sack-cloth was an expression of mourning Eze 27:31. The deep, the source of Assyria’ s prosperity Eze 31:4, was made to mourn, being dried up instead of giving forth its waters, its glad abundance.

For him - Upon his account.

Floods ... great waters - Or, rivers ... the multitude of waters (as in Eze 31:4-5).

Lebanon represents the country which Assyria governed; "the trees,"the tributary princes.

Eze 31:16

See the marginal references.

Eze 31:17

His arm ... - The subject princes who were his strength and support in war.

Poole: Eze 31:15 - -- When he the king of Assyria, the tall cedar, or the kingdom of Assyria, went down to the grave; was a man in grave; buried in its own ruins. I cause...

When he the king of Assyria, the tall cedar, or the kingdom of Assyria, went down to the grave; was a man in grave; buried in its own ruins.

I caused a mourning there was much lamentation.

I covered the deep I put the sea, i.e. either neighbouring states, or the body of is people, or the trading part of the world, into mourning for him.

The floods thereof all public affairs; commerce and friendly intelligences were at a great stand.

The great waters were stayed the great traffic and wealth by it, which did flow as great waters, were stayed, and living rivers were as void of motion as the Dead Sea, all was out of course. Lebanon; the field in which this cedar grew, i.e. the whole kingdom of Assyria.

All the trees of the field all the lesser kings and princes about him.

Fainted fell into a swoon at the news of this great and unparalleled downfall of this mighty king and kingdom, which hath been here in sacred hyperbole set forth to warn Egypt, and convince it; none can stand whom God will east down. Whether there were any portentous signs in the sea and great waters, and the rivers, and among the trees, presages of this fall, and pointed at here, I inquire not.

Haydock: Eze 31:15 - -- Waters, as if they bewailed his fate. (Calmet) --- Those whom the king of Ninive had exalted, and the people, who wished not to submit to a foreign...

Waters, as if they bewailed his fate. (Calmet) ---

Those whom the king of Ninive had exalted, and the people, who wished not to submit to a foreigner, would no doubt lament the slaughtered monarch, new silent (Haydock) in the grave. (Theodoret)

Gill: Eze 31:15 - -- Thus saith the Lord God, in the day when he went down to the grave,.... The Assyrian monarch; when his monarchy was destroyed, and he ceased to be kin...

Thus saith the Lord God, in the day when he went down to the grave,.... The Assyrian monarch; when his monarchy was destroyed, and he ceased to be king, and was stripped of all his majesty, power, and authority, and was as one dead, and laid in the grave, and buried:

I caused a mourning: that is, for him, in the waters, and among the trees, among the people and the kings of the earth, as follows:

I covered the deep for him; with mourning, with thick darkness, which set him up on high Eze 31:4,

and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed; which made him great, Eze 31:4, signifying by all this that the kingdoms of the world, comparable to the sea, of which his monarchy consisted, and all the inhabitants and people of them, comparable to floods and great waters, were affected with the fall of this great monarch, and thrown into consternation by it; not knowing what the event of things would be, stood still, and knew not what course to take; all business was stopped, especially all traffic by sea, and all trade and commerce every where; a stagnation of everything for a while:

and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him; where he was a cedar, Eze 31:3, this may respect the whole empire he was head of, particularly the kingdom of Syria, on the borders of which Lebanon was; and was a part of the Assyrian empire, which must mourn and be concerned at the fall of it:

and all the trees of the field fainted for him: all the kings of the earth that were in alliance with him, or subject to him, trembled for fear that their destruction would be next; or as doubtful and concerned what would be their condition, under the yoke of another. The Targum is,

"tribulation covered the world, and the provinces were forsaken, and many people trembled, and all the kings of the people smote the shoulder because of him.''

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 31:15 Heb “I caused lamentation.” D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 2:194-95) proposes an alternative root which would give the meaning “I gat...

Geneva Bible: Eze 31:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I ( g ) covered the deep for him, and I restrained its floods,...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Eze 31:1-18 - --1 A relation unto Pharaoh,3 of the glory of Assyria,10 and the fall thereof for pride.18 The like destruction of Egypt.

MHCC: Eze 31:10-18 - --The king of Egypt resembled the king of Assyria in his greatness: here we see he resembles him in his pride. And he shall resemble him in his fall. Hi...

Matthew Henry: Eze 31:10-18 - -- We have seen the king of Egypt resembling the king of Assyria in pomp, and power, and prosperity, how like he was to him in his greatness; now here ...

Keil-Delitzsch: Eze 31:15-18 - -- Impression Made upon the Nations by the Fall of Asshur; and Its Application to Pharaoh Eze 31:15. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, In the day that he ...

Constable: Eze 25:1--32:32 - --III. Oracles against foreign nations chs. 25--32 It is appropriate that this section appears at this point in Ez...

Constable: Eze 29:1--32:32 - --E. Judgment on Egypt chs. 29-32 Ezekiel concluded his oracles against foreign nations with seven message...

Constable: Eze 31:1-18 - --5. Egypt's fall compared to Assyria's fall ch. 31 This chapter is a whole oracle composed of thr...

Constable: Eze 31:15-18 - --The end of Assyria and the application to Egypt 31:15-18 31:15 On the day that God humbled Assyria, He caused many people and nations to mourn her dem...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) The name Ezekiel means "(whom) God will strengthen" [GESENIUS]; or, "God will prevail" [ROSENMULLER]. His father was Buzi (Eze 1:3), a priest, and he ...

JFB: Ezekiel (Outline) EZEKIEL'S VISION BY THE CHEBAR. FOUR CHERUBIM AND WHEELS. (Eze. 1:1-28) EZEKIEL'S COMMISSION. (Eze 2:1-10) EZEKIEL EATS THE ROLL. IS COMMISSIONED TO ...

TSK: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) The character of Ezekiel, as a Writer and Poet, is thus admirably drawn by the masterly hand of Bishop Lowth: " Ezekiel is much inferior to Jeremiah ...

TSK: Ezekiel 31 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Eze 31:1, A relation unto Pharaoh, Eze 31:3, of the glory of Assyria, Eze 31:10. and the fall thereof for pride; Eze 31:18, The like dest...

Poole: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL THE ARGUMENT EZEKIEL was by descent a priest, and by commission a prophet, and received it from heaven, as will appea...

Poole: Ezekiel 31 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 31 A recital to Pharaoh of the Assyrian’ s greatness, and of his fall for pride, Eze 31:1-17 . The like destruction shall be to Pharao...

MHCC: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) Ezekiel was one of the priests; he was carried captive to Chaldea with Jehoiachin. All his prophecies appear to have been delivered in that country, a...

MHCC: Ezekiel 31 (Chapter Introduction) (Eze 31:1-9) The glory of Assyria. (Eze 31:10-18) Its fall, and the like for Egypt.

Matthew Henry: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel When we entered upon the writings of the prophets, which speak of the ...

Matthew Henry: Ezekiel 31 (Chapter Introduction) The prophecy of this chapter, as the two chapters before, is against Egypt, and designed for the humbling and mortifying of Pharaoh. In passing sen...

Constable: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) Introduction Title and Writer The title of this book comes from its writer, Ezekiel, t...

Constable: Ezekiel (Outline) Outline I. Ezekiel's calling and commission chs. 1-3 A. The vision of God's glory ch. 1 ...

Constable: Ezekiel Ezekiel Bibliography Ackroyd, Peter R. Exile and Restoration. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1968. ...

Haydock: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF EZECHIEL. INTRODUCTION. Ezechiel, whose name signifies the strength of God, was of the priestly race, and of the number of t...

Gill: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL This book is rightly placed after Jeremiah; since Ezekiel was among the captives in Chaldea, when prophesied; whereas Jerem...

Gill: Ezekiel 31 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 31 This chapter contains a confirmation of the preceding prophecy, of the ruin of the king of Egypt, by the example of the ...

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