John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 31:15
Thus saith the Lord God, in the day when he went down to the grave ,.... The Assyrian monarch; when his monarchy was destroyed, and he ceased to be king, and was stripped of all his majesty, power, and authority, and was as one dead, and laid in the grave, and buried: I caused a mourning : that is, for him, in the waters, and among the trees, among the people and the kings of the earth, as follows: I covered the deep for him ; with mourning, with thick darkness, which set him up on... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 31:10-18
We have seen the king of Egypt resembling the king of Assyria in pomp, and power, and prosperity, how like he was to him in his greatness; now here we see, I. How he does likewise resemble him in his pride, Ezek. 31:10. For, as face answers to face in a glass, so does one corrupt carnal heart to another; and the same temptations of a prosperous state by which some are overcome are fatal to many others too. ?Thou, O king of Egypt! hast lifted up thyself in height, hast been proud of thy wealth... read more