Ezekiel 31:3-10

31:3

Assyria <0804> [the Assyrian.]

cedar <0730> [a cedar.]

[with fair branches. Heb. fair of branches. of an high.]

31:4

water <04325> [waters.]

grow <01431> [made him great. or, nourished him. set. or, brought. little rivers. or, conduits.]

31:5

taller <06967> [his height.]

The Assyrian king, to whom Pharaoh is compared, from his great power, extensive dominion, and the protection he afforded, resembled the spreading branches, thick shade, and high stature of a flourishing cedar on mount Lebanon. The fruitful lands of Assyria; the immense revenues he drew from vast multitudes in his extensive territories; his lucrative commerce, by the river Tigris, with the countries on the Indian ocean; and all the various sources of his wealth and prosperity, resembled the rivers and streams which cause the trees planted by them to grow and flourish exceedingly; and hence the empire and its head were exalted above all the kingdoms of the earth.

shoots <07971> [he shot forth. or, it sent them forth.]

31:6

31:8

cedars <0730> [cedars.]

tree <06086> [nor any.]

31:9

made <06213> [made.]

trees <06086> [all the trees.]

envied <07065> [envied.]

31:10

says <0559> [Therefore.]

The allegory and its interpretation are here combined; and the Assyrian monarch, though already destroyed, is poetically addressed.

tall <01361> [Because.]

proud <03824> [and his.]