Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Ezekiel 31:16
Hell is here, as generally, Sheol, or Hades, the world of the departed.
Shall be comforted. — Comp. Isaiah 14:9, which was probably in Ezekiel’s mind.
Hell is here, as generally, Sheol, or Hades, the world of the departed.
Shall be comforted. — Comp. Isaiah 14:9, which was probably in Ezekiel’s mind.
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 31:1. 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...
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...
I EAST GIM DOWN. I caused tint to descend. HELL. Sheol. Same word as "the grave" in Ezekiel 31:15. the pit. Hebrew. _bor_. Showing the sense in which Sheol is used in Ezekiel 31:15 and Ezekiel 31:16....
_at the sound of his fall_ See on Ezekiel 26:15; cf. Ezekiel 32:10. _to hell … into the pit_ to SHEÒL with them that ARE GONE DOWN to the pit, ch. Ezekiel 32:18;...
WITH THEM THAT DESCEND, &C.— _To those who have descended,_ &c. _At the same time all the trees,_ &c. Houbigant. That is to say, all the deceased princes, confederates with Pharaoh....
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...
C. The Descent of the Cedar 31:15-18 TRANSLATION (15) Thus says the Lord GOD: In the day he went down to Sheol I caused the deep to mourn and cover over him, and I held back her rivers, and the great...
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water...
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...
DELIVERED UNTO DEATH] another instance of Ezekiel's conception of the nations as personified and surviving in the under-world: see Isaiah 14:9....
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...
מִ קֹּ֤ול מַפַּלְתֹּו֙ הִרְעַ֣שְׁתִּי גֹויִ֔ם בְּ...
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
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,...
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to the grave with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink w...
_Comforted. The ghosts of princes who had been subject to Serac, seeing his fall, bore their own misfortune with greater content. In the grave there is no distinction of master and slave. (Calmet) ---...
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...
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...
I MADE THE NATIONS TO SHAKE AT THE SOUND OF HIS FALL,.... As, when a large cedar was cut down and fell in Lebanon, the noise of it was heard at a distance; so when this mighty monarch and monarchy fel...
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water,...
_I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall_ Through fear and terror. _When I cast him down to hell_ Rather, to the grave; _with them that descend into the pit_ That die and are buried. _All...
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, foreseeing in his overthrow a similar calamity for themselves, WHEN I CAST HIM DOWN TO HELL WITH THEM THAT DESCEND INTO THE PIT, to the kingdom of...
The Lesson of Assyria's Fall...
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...
TO SHAKE; all that heard the noise of his fall trembled at it, it was as God intended it should be, an astonishment to them all. CAST HIM DOWN TO HELL; brought the king and kingdom, as a dead man, to...
Ezekiel 31:6 birds H5775 heavens H8064 nests H7077 (H8765) boughs H5589 branches H6288 beasts H2416 field...
THE DESCENT INTO SHEOL (EZEKIEL 31:15). “Thus says the Lord Yahweh, In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning. I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers, and the great wa...
HELL Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...
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...
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 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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 26:10; Ezekiel 26:15; Ezekiel 27:28; Ezekiel 31:14; E
Shake — All that heard the noise of his fall, trembled at it. Cast him down — Brought the king and kingdom, as a dead man to the grave among them, that before were dead and buried. All the trees — All...