Ezekiel 31:4

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 31:4

waters . . . deep : i.e. the water = ways, and the Nile. Compare Ezekiel 31:15 . read more

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

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

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 31:4-5

Like Egypt, Assyria received much of its strength and power from the waters that surrounded it, the Nile in Egypt’s case and the Tigris in Assyria’s. The waters that nourished these nations enabled them to grow strong and to tower above many others. The network of supporting nations that surrounded both Assyria and Egypt contributed to their strength and growth in another way. 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 31:4

(4) His plants.—Should rather be, his plantation.Sent out her little rivers.—The thought is that the various surrounding and subordinate nations were nourished from the great stream of prosperity which swelled the power and wealth of Assyria. 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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezekiel 31:1-18

Ezekiel 31:1-18 . Pharaoh’s greatness is described in the first part of the chapter (Ezekiel 31:1-9 ). He is compared to the Assyrian, once so powerful and proud. The fall and desolation of the proud monarch under the picture of a tree follows in Ezekiel 31:10-14 . The overthrow of Egypt and the resulting consternation among the nations is predicted in the last section of this chapter (Ezekiel 31:15-18 ). Ezekiel 32:1-32 . The lamentation over Pharaoh is contained in Ezekiel 32:1-10 , followed... read more

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