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Ezekiel 31:3-18

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.]


31:11

gave <05414> [delivered.]

leader <0410> [the mighty.]

Nebuchadnezzar, the subverter of the Assyrian empire.

has <06213> [he shall surely deal with him. Heb. in doing he shall do unto him.]

out <01644> [I have driven.]


31:12

Foreigners <02114> [strangers.]

mountains <02022> [upon.]

down <03381> [gone.]


31:13


31:14

trees <06086> [the end.]

high ........ appointed <05975 01363> [stand up in their height. or, stand upon themselves for their height. delivered.]

lower parts <08482> [the nether.]


31:15

lament <056> [I caused a.]

The deep and all the mighty rivers which cherished this fair tree are here described as mourning at his downfall: they 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.

black <06937> [mourn. Heb. be black.]


31:16

nations <01471> [made.]

down ........ descend <03381> [When I.]

trees <06086> [and all.]

comforted <05162> [shall be comforted.]


31:17

went down <03381> [went.]

allies <02220> [that were.]

lived <03427> [dwelt.]


31:18

like <01819> [To whom.]

Pharaoh is here called upon to look in his mirror, and see the termination of his glory and greatness.

like <01819> [art thou.]

trees .................. trees <06086> [with the.]

lie <07901> [thou shalt.]

Pharaoh <06547> [This is.]

That is, the judgment that befel the king of Assyria, is an exact representation of the destruction that remains for Pharaoh and all his people.




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