Ezekiel 31:1
IN THE THIRD MONTH - More than a month before Jerusalem was taken (compare Jeremiah 39:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE THIRD MONTH - More than a month before Jerusalem was taken (compare Jeremiah 39:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
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 of the Babylonians and Medes, in the year of the battle of Carchemish (605 b.c.), which had broken th... [ Continue Reading ]
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, “standing unto themselves” meaning “standing in their own strength.” The clause will then run thus:... [ Continue Reading ]
Effect of Assyria’s fall. Ezekiel 31:15 I COVERED THE DEEP - To cover with sack-cloth was an expression of mourning Ezekiel 27:31. The deep, the source of Assyria’s prosperity Ezekiel 31:4, was made to mourn, being dried up instead of giving forth its waters, its glad abundance. FOR HIM - Upon hi... [ Continue Reading ]
Application to Pharaoh. THE UNCIRCUMCISED - The Egyptians, at least their nobles, were circumcised. Pharaoh should thus be dishonored with those whom the Egyptians themselves deemed unclean.... [ Continue Reading ]