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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 31:4

“The waters nourished him, the deep made him grow, her rivers ran round her plantations and she sent out her streams to all the trees of the field.”

The tree was well watered by many streams, by the Nile and its tributaries and channels, so that all the trees and growing things around benefited from their nourishment, resulting in an abundant population. They were in a good place provided by God.

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See also Ezekiel 31:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 31:4. _THE WATERS MADE HIM GREAT_] Alluding to the fertility of Egypt by the _overflowing of the Nile_. But _waters_ often mean _peoples_. By means of the different nations under the Eg...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Fifth prophecy against Egypt: a warning to Pharaoh from the fate of the Assyrians. The Assyrian empire, after having been supreme in Asia for four centuries, had been overthrown by the united forces o...

  • 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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WATERS... DEEP: i.e. the water. ways, and the Nile. Compare Ezekiel 31:15....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _set him up on high_ i.e. made him grow lofty. There is probably, however, the figure of a parent nourishing his offspring. The words "made great" and "set on high" are rendered "nourished and brought...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    LITTLE RIVERS— An allusion to the small artificial channels through which water was usually distributed in eastern gardens. See Bishop Lowth on Isaiah 1:30....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    A. The Description of the Cedar 31:1-9 TRANSLATION (1) And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (2)...

  • 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. THE WATERS MADE HIM GREAT, THE...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    31:4 high; (b-12) Or 'nourished him.'...

  • 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WATERS.. RIVERS] the waters of the Nile. The allegory is not strictly consistent as to locality. The cedar is in Lebanon and also apparently in Eden....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מַ֣יִם גִּדְּל֔וּהוּ תְּהֹ֖ום רֹֽמְמָ֑תְהוּ אֶת ־נַהֲרֹתֶ֗יהָ...

  • 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,...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round his plants, and sent out her (c) little rivers to all the trees of the field. (c) Many other nations were under th...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Roots. Various nations paid tribute to the Assyrians, (St. Jerome; Calmet) while he sent his troops, like rivulets, to keep all in subjection. (Theodoret)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It is worthy the Reader's remark, that while the Lord is chastising his own people, the rod is exercised over numbers of the surrounding nations. We have here the humbling of Egypt still threatened, a...

  • 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

    THE WATERS MADE HIM GREAT,.... The waters of the river Tigris, near to which stood the city of Nineveh, the metropolis of the Assyrian monarchy; the traffic brought by which river made it rich and gre...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. Ver. 4. _The waters made him gre...

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

    _Behold the Assyrian_ This, says Archbishop Secker, seems an admonitory comparison of Pharaoh to the late Assyrian monarch, applied to Pharaoh, Ezekiel 31:18. By _the Assyrian_, compared here to a tal...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The waters, the fact that he grew in a well-watered spot, MADE HIM GREAT, THE DEEP SET HIM UP ON HIGH WITH HER RIVERS RUNNING ROUND ABOUT HIS PLANTS, literally, "concerning the streams of the flood, s...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    COMPARISON BETWEEN PHARAOH'S POWER AND THAT OF ASSYRIA...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    MADE HIM GREAT: Or, nourished SET HIM UP: Or, brought him up LITTLE RIVERS: _ Heb._ conduits...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-9 The falls of others, both into sin and ruin, warn us not to be secure or high-minded. The prophet is to show an instance of one whom the king of Egypt resembled in greatness, the Assyrian, compar...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    As cedars grow great by the watercourses, so did this kingdom by multitudes of people and convenience of trade; or by the plenty of the country, if no trade, for it was first planted in the fruitful f...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 31:4 waters H4325 grow H1431 (H8765) waters H8415 height H7311 (H8790) rivers H5104 running H1980 ...

  • 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 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 17:5; Ezekiel 17:8; Jeremiah 51:36; Proverbs 14:28;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The waters — Cedars grow great by the water — courses. The deep — The sea sent out her waters, which gave being to the rivers, that watered him. His plants — The provinces of this mighty kingdom, that...

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