"And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him."
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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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STRANGERS. foreigners.
RIVERS. torrents. Hebrew. _aphikim_. See note on" channels", 2 Samuel
22:16....
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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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HAVE CUT HIM OFF— _Cut him down._ Virgil has a like comparison with
respect to the fall of Troy:
_Ac veluti summis antiquam in montibus ornum Quum ferro accisam
crebrisque bipennibus instant Eruere a...
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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 th...
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And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and
have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches
are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the...
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31:12 watercourses (d-36) Or 'ravines,' as ch. 6.3....
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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
V1...
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GONE DOWN. — Because the cedar is represented as growing upon the
height of Lebanon. Yet “the people of the earth” is literal....
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וַ יִּכְרְתֻ֧הוּ זָרִ֛ים עָרִיצֵ֥י
גֹויִ֖ם וַֽ יִּטְּשֻׁ֑הוּ אֶל ־הֶ֠
הָרִים וּ בְ כָל ־גֵּ֨אָיֹ֜ות...
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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
cherishing projects of universal dominion. Once more, as in the age of
I...
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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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And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have
left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are
fallen, and his boughs are (f) broken by all the rivers of t...
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_Strangers; revolted Assyrians. See Psalm xvii. 46._...
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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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AND STRANGERS, THE TERRIBLE OF THE NATIONS, HAVE CUT HIM OFF,.... Cut
off the boughs and branches of this cedar, and cut him down to the
ground; that is, utterly destroyed him, his empire and monarchy...
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And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have
left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are
fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the l...
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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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The Lesson of Assyria's Fall...
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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
comfo...
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STRANGERS; foreigners, who regard neither justice nor mercy, such were
those who made up his army of Arbaces the Mede. THE TERRIBLE; so these
were for their strength and valour much, but for their num...
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Ezekiel 31:12 aliens H2114 (H8801) terrible H6184 nations H1471 down
H3772 (H8799) left H5203 (H8799) branches H1808 fallen H5307 (H8804)
mountains H2022 valleys H1516 boughs H6288 broken H7665 (H8735...
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THE DOWNFALL OF PHARAOH AND EGYPT BECAUSE OF THEIR WICKEDNESS (EZEKIEL
31:10).
‘Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Because you are exalted in
height, and he has set his top among the interweaving...
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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
Vu...
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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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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 proph...
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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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Daniel 4:12; Ezekiel 28:7; Ezekiel 30:11; Ezekiel 32:4; Ezekiel 32:5;
Ezekiel 35:5; Ezekiel 35:8; Ezekiel 39:4; Habakkuk 1:11; Habakkuk 1:6;...
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Strangers — Foreigners....