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Verse Ezekiel 31:13. _UPON HIS RUIN SHALL ALL THE FOWLS_] The fall of
Egypt is likened to the fall of a great tree; and as the fowls and
beasts sheltered under its branches before, Ezekiel 31:6, so th...
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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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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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UPON HIS RUIN, &C.— "As birds sit upon the boughs of a tree cut
down, and the beasts brouze upon his branches; so shall the dominions
of Pharaoh be a prey to the conquerors." It is a common image amon...
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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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Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the
beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:
UPON HIS RUIN SHALL ALL THE FOWLS OF THE HEAVEN REMAIN, AND ALL THE
BEASTS OF TH...
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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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UPON HIS RUIN SHALL ALL THE FOWLS. — There is no inconsistency
between this and the previous verse. AT the fall all nations and
people rush away, to avoid becoming involved in the catastrophe; but
as...
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עַל ־מַפַּלְתֹּ֥ו יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ כָּל
־עֹ֣וף הַ שָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ אֶל
־פֹּארֹתָ֣יו הָי֔וּ כֹּ֖ל חַיַּ֥ת הַ...
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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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_Branches. The nations continued, but submitted to another master._...
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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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UPON HIS RUIN SHALL ALL THE FOWLS OF THE HEAVEN REMAIN,.... Or, "on
his fall" s; the fall of this tree: and all the beasts of the field
shall be upon his branches as when a tree is cut down, and its l...
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_Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the
beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:_
Ver. 13. _Upon his ruin shall all the fowls._] His dead body shall
want decent bu...
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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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HIS RUIN; his broken state. ALL THE FOWLS, which built and breed
there, shall now despise the tree, and triumph over it. ALL THE
BEASTS; the same in another emblem, as EZEKIEL 31:6. Beasts, fowls,
peo...
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Ezekiel 31:13 ruin H4658 remain H7931 (H8799) birds H5775 heavens
H8064 beasts H2416 field H7704 branches H6288
Ezekiel 29:5, Ezekiel 32:4; Isaiah 18:6; Revelation 19:17-18...
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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
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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Ezekiel 29:5; Ezekiel 32:4; Isaiah 18:6; Revelation 19:17; Revelation
19:18...