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Verse Ezekiel 31:14. _TO THE END THAT NONE OF ALL THE TREES_] Let
this ruin, fallen upon Egypt, teach all the nations that shall hear of
it to be _humble_, because, however _elevated_, God can soon b...
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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
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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...
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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...
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ALL. All the trees. So in Ezekiel 31:16.
CHILDREN. sons.
MEN. Hebrew. _adam_. App-14....
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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...
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The downfall of Pharaoh IS A chastisement for his pride and a warning.
_for their height_ Or, IN their. It is not merely pride of heart
because of the height, it is the height itself, the shooting up...
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TO THE END THAT NONE OF ALL THE TREES— "Thy destruction shall be a
warning to other kings and potentates, to deter them from insolence in
the time of their prosperity." Instead of, _Neither their tree...
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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...
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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...
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To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves
for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs,
neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink...
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31:14 himself; (a-40) Or 'by themselves.' earth, (b-55) Lit. 'land of
what is beneath;' and so vers. 16, 18; ch. 32.18,24....
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ALL THAT DRINK WATER] all trees: so in v....
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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...
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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...
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STAND UP IN THEIR HEIGHT. — The original is more closely followed by
the margin, _stand upon themselves for their height,_ and the thought
is that the trees (princes) shall no longer rely on their own...
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לְמַ֡עַן אֲשֶׁר֩ לֹא ־יִגְבְּה֨וּ בְ
קֹומָתָ֜ם...
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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
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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,...
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_Pit. The new king would appoint fresh governors._...
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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...
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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...
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TO THE END THAT NONE OF ALL THE TREES BY THE WATERS EXALT THEMSELVES
FOR THEIR HEIGHT,.... The end proposed by the Lord in the destruction
of the king of Assyria, and the use to be made of it, is this...
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To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves
for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs,
neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink w...
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_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...
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to the end, with this final object in mind, THAT NONE OF ALL THE TREES
BY THE WATERS EXALT THEMSELVES FOR THEIR HEIGHT, all other nations
profiting by the example of Assyria, NEITHER SHOOT UP THEIR TO...
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The Lesson of Assyria's Fall...
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THEIR TREES STAND UP:
Or, stand upon themselves for their height...
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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...
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TO THE END; all this is designed to be a warning to mortals. ALL THE
TREES, i: e. the emperors, potentates, kings, or rich flourishing
states. BY THE WATERS; planted most commodiously, and furnished m...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 31:10 MIGHTY ONE OF THE NATIONS, paralleled
by the MOST RUTHLESS OF NATIONS, refers elsewhere to Babylon (E
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 10:11; 2 Peter 2:6; Daniel 4:32; Daniel 5:22; Daniel 5:2
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To the end — All this is designed to be a warning to mortals. All
the trees — The emperors, kings, or flourishing states. By the
waters — Planted most commodiously, and furnished most abundantly
with...