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Ezekiel 31:13

Upon his ruin, as he has fallen headlong, thus presenting the picture of a carcass, shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches, the very ones that had formerly been under his dominion now turning to birds and beasts of prey in tearing the carcass to pieces, that is, in deriving life from Assyria's downfall, in building themselves up on its ruins:

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 31:13. _UPON HIS RUIN SHALL ALL THE FOWLS_] The fall of Egypt is likened to the fall of a great tree; and as the fowls and beasts sheltered under its branches before, Ezekiel 31:6, so th...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Assyria’s fall. Ezekiel 31:11 More accurately: Therefore I will deliver him, etc ... he shall surely deal with him. I have driven him out, etc. Ezekiel 31:14 THEIR TREES - Rather, as in the margin

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Ezekiel 31:1. Pharaoh's greatness is described in the first part of the chapter (Ezekiel 31:1). He is compared to the Assyrian, once so powerful and proud. The fall and desolation of the proud monarch...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EZEKIEL 31. FALLEN IS THE MIGHTY CEDAR. In this striking poem, Pharaoh (= Egypt) is likened to a cedar of surprising height and beauty, fed by the waters of the deep (_i.e._ the Nile) and giving shelt...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Because of his pride in his height he shall be cut down. Nebuchadnezzar, the mighty one of the nations, shall hew him to the ground, and the beasts shall feed on him. Such judgment must overtake any g...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _his ruin_ i.e. his fallen trunk and branches, ch. Ezekiel 32:4; Ezekiel 39:17; Isaiah 18:6....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    UPON HIS RUIN, &C.— "As birds sit upon the boughs of a tree cut down, and the beasts brouze upon his branches; so shall the dominions of Pharaoh be a prey to the conquerors." It is a common image amon...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    V. THE GREAT CEDAR TREE 31:1-18 This oracle follows the preceding one by some two months. The date according to the present calendar would be June 21, 587 B.C. (Ezekiel 31:1). In the first unit of thi...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. The Downfall of the Tree 31:10-14 TRANSLATION (10) Therefore, thus says the Lord CX)D: Because YOU were exalted in height, and he has set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart was lifted u...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches: UPON HIS RUIN SHALL ALL THE FOWLS OF THE HEAVEN REMAIN, AND ALL THE BEASTS OF TH...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FALL OF THE GREAT CEDAR Egypt was a stately cedar, thick, lofty, and spreading; sheltering all the fowls and beasts (the nations) in its branches and under its shadow (Ezekiel 31:1). It was the en...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD” GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 31 AS ASSYRIA *FELL SO EGYPT WILL *FALL – EZEKIEL 31:1-18...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    UPON HIS RUIN SHALL ALL THE FOWLS. — There is no inconsistency between this and the previous verse. AT the fall all nations and people rush away, to avoid becoming involved in the catastrophe; but as...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עַל ־מַפַּלְתֹּ֥ו יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ כָּל ־עֹ֣וף הַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    EGYPT Ezekiel 29:1; Ezekiel 30:1; Ezekiel 31:1; Ezekiel 32:1 EGYPT figures in the prophecies of Ezekiel as a great world-power

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The fifth prophecy was directed against the greatness of Pharaoh. Ezekiel was commanded to address himself to Pharaoh and his multitudes. This he did, first by describing his greatness. He fist asked,...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Branches. The nations continued, but submitted to another master._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Nothing can be more highly figurative than what is here said, and nothing more beautiful and exact in description. Who is this mighty Monarch of Assyria, or of Egypt, but the proud foes of Israel? and...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29, 30, 31, AND 32. Chapter s 29-32 contain the judgment of Egypt. Egypt sought, in the self-will of man, to take the place which God had in fact given to Neb...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    UPON HIS RUIN SHALL ALL THE FOWLS OF THE HEAVEN REMAIN,.... Or, "on his fall" s; the fall of this tree: and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches as when a tree is cut down, and its l...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:_ Ver. 13. _Upon his ruin shall all the fowls._] His dead body shall want decent bu...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Because thou hast lifted up thyself_ Because thy pride hath still increased with thy prosperity. _I have delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen_ Or, _the mighty one of the natio...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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. His own sin brings his ruin. None of our comf...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HIS RUIN; his broken state. ALL THE FOWLS, which built and breed there, shall now despise the tree, and triumph over it. ALL THE BEASTS; the same in another emblem, as EZEKIEL 31:6. Beasts, fowls, peo...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 31:13 ruin H4658 remain H7931 (H8799) birds H5775 heavens H8064 beasts H2416 field H7704 branches H6288

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “On his ruin all the birds of the air will dwell, and all the beasts of the field will be on his branches, to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their height, nor set...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prophecy against Pharaoh. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: It is rare to find a humble spirit in the midst of great advancement. God can easily expel those who think themselv...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ezekiel 31:1. _In the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day,_ about a month before Jerusalem was taken by storm. Ezekiel 31:3 ; EZEKIEL 31:8. _The Assyrian was a_ (tall) _cedar._ The Vul...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon._ THE CEDAR IN LEBANON I. The soul that will not grow down must be cut down. Trees that are to stand the storm must send their roots deep into the earth. A man t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 31:1 Ezekiel’s fifth oracle against Egypt dates to June 587 B.C., only a few weeks after the preceding unit. Here the prophet points to Assyria as an object lesson for Egypt. I...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 31:10 MIGHTY ONE OF THE NATIONS, paralleled by the MOST RUTHLESS OF NATIONS, refers elsewhere to Babylon (E

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE DESTRUCTION OF ASSYRIA A TYPE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF EGYPT. (Chap. 31) (Ezekiel 31:1.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 31:1. “In the eleventh year, in the third month.” Two months later than the prophe...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 31:1 IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR, etc. June, B.C. 586. Two months all but six days had passed since the utterance of Ezekiel 30:20, when Ezekiel was moved to expand his prediction of the...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now to Ezekiel, chapter 31. In Chapter s 29 and 30 of Ezekiel, he was prophesying concerning the judgment of God that was to come against the nation of Egypt, who was like a reed when Is...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 29:5; Ezekiel 32:4; Isaiah 18:6; Revelation 19:17; R

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