Ezekiel 31:4 - Exposition

The waters made him great . The scenery is hardly that of Lebanon, but finds its counterpart in that of the Nile, perhaps also of the Tigris, with the waters of the river diverted into streams and channels by a careful system of irrigation. The cedar grew close to the river itself; the other trees of the field were watered only by the smaller channels, and so were inferior to it in the fullness of their growth. (For the general imagery, comp. Ezekiel 17:5 ; Psalms 1:3 ; Jeremiah 17:8 ; Numbers 24:6 .)