Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 31:4
Ezekiel 31:4. Little rivers— An allusion to the small artificial channels through which water was usually distributed in eastern gardens. See Bishop Lowth on Isaiah 1:30. read more
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Thomas Coke
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 31:1
1. third month—two months later than the prophecy delivered in :-. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 31:2
2. Whom art thou like—The answer is, Thou art like the haughty king of Assyria; as he was overthrown by the Chaldeans, so shalt thou be by the same. 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
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 31:4
4. waters . . . little rivers—the Tigris with its branches and "rivulets," or "conduits" for irrigation, the source of Assyria's fertility. "The deep" is the ever flowing water, never dry. Metaphorically, for Assyria's resources, as the "conduits" are her colonies. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 31:5
5. when he shot forth—because of the abundant moisture which nourished him in shooting forth. But see Margin. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 31:6
6. fowls . . . made . . . nests in . . . boughs—so Ezekiel 17:23; Daniel 4:12. The gospel kingdom shall gather all under its covert, for their good and for the glory of God, which the world kingdoms did for evil and for self-aggrandizement (Matthew 13:32). 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
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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