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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 31:3

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos . App-6 the Assyrian. Ginsburg thinks this should read teashshur (= a box = tree) instead of ' ashshur (= an Assyrian). There is no article; and Egypt is the subject here, not Assyria. See note on Ezekiel 27:6 , and compare Isaiah 41:19 ; Isaiah 60:13 . The subject is the proud exaltation of Egypt, which is likened to a box or cypress, exalting itself into a cedar of Lebanon. shroud = foliage. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 31:3

Ezekiel 31:3. Behold, the Assyrian, &c.— This parable, says Bishop Lowth, owes much to Meibomius, who translates אשׁור Ashur, tall, straight, an epithet of the cedar; and not Assyrian, which can have no meaning at all in this passage. The word אשׁור Ashur, is here joined with cedar, as a definitive attribute to denote the highest and most beautiful kind of cedar. See his 9th Prelection. The manner in which the prophet has embellished his description, is full of propriety and elegance; and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 31:3

3. He illustrates the pride and the consequent overthrow of the Assyrian, that Egypt may the better know what she must expect. cedar in Lebanon—often eighty feet high, and the diameter of the space covered by its boughs still greater: the symmetry perfect. Compare the similar image (Ezekiel 17:3; Daniel 4:20-22). with a shadowing shroud—with an overshadowing thicket. top . . . among . . . thick boughs—rather [HENGSTENBERG], "among the clouds." But English Version agrees better with the Hebrew.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 31:1-9

A poem extolling Assyria’s glory 31:1-9 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 31:3

They were similar to the Assyrians who had towered among the nations as a beautiful cedar of Lebanon (cf. Ezekiel 17:1-10; Ezekiel 17:22-24; Ezekiel 19:10-14; Ezekiel 26:19-21; Ezekiel 28:11-19; Isaiah 14:3-21). Some of the Lebanese cedars grew 80 feet high, were beautifully symmetrical, and contained thickly interwoven branches. [Note: Feinberg, p. 178. Allen, Ezekiel 20-48, p. 125, wrote an interesting paragraph on the motif of the cosmic tree in ancient mythology, which Ezekiel may have had... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 31:1-18

The Fall of the Great CedarEgypt was a stately cedar, thick, lofty, and spreading; sheltering all the fowls and beasts (the nations) in its branches and under its shadow (Ezekiel 31:1-6). It was the envy of all the trees (other great empires) in Eden, the garden of God (Ezekiel 31:7-9). But because of its pride it is given into the hands of a mighty one (Nebuchadrezzar), who will cut it down. Those whom it sheltered will be scattered or will trample on it when it has fallen (Ezekiel 31:10-13).... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 31:3

(3) A cedar in Lebanon.—Lebanon is mentioned only because it was the place where the most famous cedars grew in their greatest perfection. Assyria did, indeed, at one time possess Lebanon, but this was never its home or seat of empire. The word “shroud” in the description refers to the thickness of the shade of the branches.Among the thick boughs.—Rather, among the clouds. (See Note on Ezekiel 19:11 .Comp. also Ezekiel 31:10; Ezekiel 31:14.) read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezekiel 31:1-18

Ezekiel 31:3 In Proserpina, after quoting this passage, Ruskin proceeds: 'Now hear what follows. "The cedars in the Garden of God could not hide Him. The fir-trees were not like His boughs, and the chestnut-trees were not like His branches; nor any tree in the Garden of God was like unto Him in beauty." So that you see, whenever a nation rises into consistent, vital, and, through many generations, enduring power, there is still the Garden of God; still it is the water of life which feeds... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 31:1-18

EGYPTEzekiel 29:1-21; Ezekiel 30:1-26; Ezekiel 31:1-18; Ezekiel 32:1-32EGYPT figures in the prophecies of Ezekiel as a great world-power cherishing projects of universal dominion. Once more, as in the age of Isaiah, the ruling factor in Asiatic politics was the duel for the mastery of the world between the rival empires of the Nile and the Euphrates. The influence of Egypt was perhaps even greater in the beginning of the sixth century than it had been in the end of the eighth, although in the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezekiel 31:1-18

Ezekiel 31:1-18 . Pharaoh’s greatness is described in the first part of the chapter (Ezekiel 31:1-9 ). He is compared to the Assyrian, once so powerful and proud. The fall and desolation of the proud monarch under the picture of a tree follows in Ezekiel 31:10-14 . The overthrow of Egypt and the resulting consternation among the nations is predicted in the last section of this chapter (Ezekiel 31:15-18 ). Ezekiel 32:1-32 . The lamentation over Pharaoh is contained in Ezekiel 32:1-10 , followed... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 31:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 31:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 31:3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 31:1-9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 31:3

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 31:1-18

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 31:3

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezekiel 31:1-18

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 31:1-18

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezekiel 31:1-18

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