Ezekiel 31:18

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 31:1-18

The mighty cedar tree (31:1-18)Pharaoh, and through him Egypt, is likened to a giant cedar tree, well watered and tall, which provides shelter for birds and animals alike. It is a picture of the strong and proud kingdom of Egypt, upon whom neighbouring countries relied for protection (31:1-6). (Some versions suggest that this poem was written concerning Assyria. If that is the case, the writer quotes it here so that Egypt might learn the lesson.)Other countries were impressed by Egypt and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 31:18

saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 31:18

"To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shall thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt be in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah."THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IN EZEK. 31:2"To whom art thou thus like ..." (Ezekiel 31:18)? "This is the answer to the question that opened the allegory."[17] Jamieson also agreed... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 31:18

Ezekiel 31:18. This is Pharaoh, &c.— This clause evidently proves the truth of the observation made on the third verse, that this allegory of the cedar refers not to the Assyrian, but to the destruction of Pharaoh king of Egypt, his princes, confederates, and people. REFLECTIONS.—1st, This prophesy bears date about five weeks before Jerusalem was taken; when judgment, which had begun at the house of God, did not end there; but Egypt must also drink of the cup of trembling. Pharaoh is bid to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 31:18

18. Application of the parabolic description of Assyria to the parallel case of Egypt. "All that has been said of the Assyrian consider as said to thyself. To whom art thou so like, as thou art to the Assyrian? To none." The lesson on a gigantic scale of Eden-like privileges abused to pride and sin by the Assyrian, as in the case of the first man in Eden, ending in ruin, was to be repeated in Egypt's case. For the unchangeable God governs the world on the same unchangeable principles. thou... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 31:15-18

The end of Assyria and the application to Egypt 31:15-18 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 31:18

For the Lord Ezekiel asked Pharaoh and the Egyptians which of the trees (nations) in God’s garden they resembled. Egypt was obviously like Assyria in its greatness and pride and may have thought of itself as Assyria’s equal. Nevertheless God would cut down Egypt as He had felled Assyria. The people would die among the uncircumcised, like barbarians (cf. Ezekiel 28:10; Ezekiel 29:5; Ezekiel 32:19; Ezekiel 32:21; Jeremiah 9:25-26). This was a terrible fate for people who regarded a proper burial... 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 31:18

(18) To whom art thou thus like.—In this closing verse the whole chapter is brought to a point. Egypt, like Assyria in glory, shall be like her in experience of the judgments of God. On “uncircumcised” comp. Note on Ezekiel 28:10. 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

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