E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 31:8
the garden of God. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 2:8 ). God. Hebrew. Elohim . App-4 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 31:8
Ezekiel 31:8. The cedars in the garden of God— Some render this, The cedars in the garden of God were not higher than he. The expression seems only to mean the highest trees. Instead of, I have made him fair, Eze 31:9 we may read, I had, &c. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 31:8
8. cedars . . . could not hide him—could not outtop him. No other king eclipsed him. were not like—were not comparable to. garden of God—As in the case of Tyre (Ezekiel 28:13), the imagery, that is applied to the Assyrian king, is taken from Eden; peculiarly appropriate, as Eden was watered by rivers that afterwards watered Assyria (Genesis 2:10-14). This cedar seemed to revive in itself all the glories of paradise, so that no tree there outtopped it. 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 31:7-9
Assyria was beautiful and graceful because of the waters that sustained it, waters that were solely a gift of God’s grace. No tree in God’s garden of nations could compare with it. The other kingdoms were jealous of Assyria, which was preeminent in God’s Eden-like collection of nations. 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 31:8
(8) The garden of God.—See Ezekiel 31:9; Ezekiel 31:16; Ezekiel 31:18; also Ezekiel 28:13. This is not a representation of Assyria as being in the garden of God, as in the case of Tyre in Ezekiel 28:13, but only a further expression of its greatness by a comparison of the tree representing it with the trees of Paradise. Yet this comparison may have been suggested by the fact that the traditionary site of Eden was within the bounds of the Assyrian Empire. Fir trees are generally understood to be... 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
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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