The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 31:1-18
Ezekiel 31:1-18The Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon.The cedar in LebanonI. 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 that is to face successfully the storms of life must have a downward growth of humility and faith. “He that humbleth himself shall be exalted."II. The true teacher of man is greater than a monarch whose position only gives him power. Pharaoh must go to school to Ezekiel. A man is more than... read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 31:1-18
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 Vulgate reads, none of the cedars in the paradise of God were taller or fairer than he. A fine figure of the Babylonian empire. As the heights of Lebanon are the soil congenial to the cedar, this text favours the ancient opinion, that paradise was seated on a mountain, which would be the... read more