Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 31

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Ezekiel 31 . 1 , A relation unto Pharaoh , Ezekiel 31 . 3 , of the glory of Assyria , Ezekiel 31 . 10. and the fall thereof for pride; Ezekiel 31 . 18 , The like destruction of Egypt.

Ezekiel 31:1

In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 31:1 · BSB

in the eleventh4 parallels

On Sunday , June 19 , am 3416 , according to Usher; and about a month before the capture of Jerusalem

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Ezekiel 31:2

“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?

Ezekiel 31:2 · BSB

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Ezekiel 31:3

Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

Ezekiel 31:3 · BSB

the Assyrian2 parallels

a cedar9 parallels

of an high3 parallels

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with fair branches Heb. fair of branches

Ezekiel 31:4

The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.

Ezekiel 31:4 · BSB

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made him great or , nourished him

set or , brought , little rivers. or , conduits.

Ezekiel 31:5

Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.

Ezekiel 31:5 · BSB

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The Assyrian king , to whom Pharaoh is compared , from his great power , extensive dominion , and the protection he afforded , resembled the spreading branches , thick shade , and high stature of a flourishing cedar on mount Lebanon. The fruitful lands of Assyria; the immense revenues he drew from vast multitudes in his extensive territories; his lucrative commerce , by the river Tigris , with the countries on the Indian ocean; and all the various sources of his wealth and prosperity , resembled the rivers and streams which cause the trees planted by them to grow and flourish exceedingly; and hence the empire and its head were exalted above all the kingdoms of the earth

he shot forth or , it sent them forth

Ezekiel 31:6

All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.

Ezekiel 31:6 · BSB

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Ezekiel 31:8

The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.

Ezekiel 31:8 · BSB

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nor any4 parallels

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Ezekiel 31:9

I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’

Ezekiel 31:9 · BSB

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Ezekiel 31:10

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

Ezekiel 31:10 · BSB

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and his13 parallels

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Therefore The allegory and its interpretation are here combined; and the Assyrian monarch , though already destroyed , is poetically addressed.

Ezekiel 31:11

I delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it.

Ezekiel 31:11 · BSB

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the mighty5 parallels

Nebuchadnezzar , the subverter of the Assyrian empire

he shall surely deal with him4 parallels

Heb. in doing he shall do unto him

I have driven6 parallels

Ezekiel 31:12

Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.

Ezekiel 31:12 · BSB

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Ezekiel 31:13

All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.

Ezekiel 31:13 · BSB

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Ezekiel 31:14

This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’

Ezekiel 31:14 · BSB

the end8 parallels

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stand up in their height or , stand upon themselves for their height

Ezekiel 31:15

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.

Ezekiel 31:15 · BSB

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The deep and all the mighty rivers which cherished this fair tree are here described as mourning at his downfall . they stop their usual courses to bewail his fate , and Lebanon with all its stately trees . his confederates and allies sympathise with him in his misfortunes

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Heb. be black

Ezekiel 31:16

I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.

Ezekiel 31:16 · BSB

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Ezekiel 31:17

They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.

Ezekiel 31:17 · BSB

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Ezekiel 31:18

Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”

Ezekiel 31:18 · BSB

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This is5 parallels

That is , the judgment that befell the king of Assyria , is an exact representation of the destruction that remains for Pharaoh and all his people

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To whom Pharaoh is here called upon to look in his mirror , and see the termination of his glory and greatness.

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