Chapter 31

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in the eleventh On Sunday, June 19, am 3416, according to Usher; and about a month before the capture of Jerusalem. Ezek 1:2, Ezek 30:20; Jer 52:5-6


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speak Jer 1:5, Jer 1:17; Rev 10:11

to his Ezek 29:19, Ezek 30:10; Nah 3:8-10

Whom Ezek 31:18; Isa 14:13-14


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the Assyrian Nah 3:1-19; Zeph 2:13

a cedar Ezek 17:3-4, Ezek 17:22; Isa 10:33-34, Isa 37:24; Dan 4:10, Dan 4:20-23; Zech 11:2

with fair branches Heb. fair of branches

of an high Ezek 31:6; Judg 9:15; Dan 4:12


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waters Ezek 17:5, Ezek 17:8; Prov 14:28; Jer 51:36; Rev 17:1, Rev 17:15

made him great or, nourished him

set or, brought, little rivers. or, conduits.


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his height The Assyrian king, to whom Pharaoh is compared, from his great power, extensive dominion, and the protection he afforded, resembled the spreading branches, thick shade, and high stature of a flourishing cedar on mount Lebanon. The fruitful lands of Assyria; the immense revenues he drew from vast multitudes in his extensive territories; his lucrative commerce, by the river Tigris, with the countries on the Indian ocean; and all the various sources of his wealth and prosperity, resembled the rivers and streams which cause the trees planted by them to grow and flourish exceedingly; and hence the empire and its head were exalted above all the kingdoms of the earth. Ps 37:35-36; Isa 10:8-14, Isa 36:4, Isa 36:18-19, Isa 37:11-13; Dan 4:11

he shot forth or, it sent them forth


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Ezek 17:23; Dan 4:12, Dan 4:21; Matt 13:32


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cedars Ezek 28:13; Gen 2:8, Gen 13:10; Ps 80:10; Isa 51:3

nor any Ps 37:35; Isa 10:7-14, Isa 36:4-18, Isa 37:11-13


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made Ezek 16:14; Exod 9:16; Ps 75:6-7; Dan 2:21, Dan 2:37-38, Dan 4:22-25, Dan 5:20-23

all the trees Ezek 17:22, Ezek 17:24; Judg 9:8-20; Ps 96:12-13; Isa 55:12; Zech 11:2

envied Gen 26:14, Gen 37:11; 1Sam 18:15; Prov 27:4; Eccl 4:4; Jas 4:5-6


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Therefore The allegory and its interpretation are here combined; and the Assyrian monarch, though already destroyed, is poetically addressed.

Because Matt 23:12

and his Ezek 31:14, Ezek 28:17; 2Chr 25:19, 2Chr 32:25; Job 11:11-12; Prov 16:18, Prov 18:12; Isa 14:13-15; Dan 4:30, Dan 5:20; Obad 1:3; Jas 4:6


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delivered Ezek 11:9, Ezek 21:31, Ezek 23:28; Judg 16:23; 1Tim 1:20

the mighty Nebuchadnezzar, the subverter of the Assyrian empire. Ezek 32:11-12; Jer 25:9; Dan 5:18-19

he shall surely deal with him Heb. in doing he shall do unto him, Judg 1:7; Matt 7:1-2; Jas 2:13

I have driven Lev 18:24-28, Lev 20:22-23; Deut 18:12; Lam 1:21; Nah 3:18


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strangers Ezek 28:7, Ezek 30:11; Hab 1:6, Hab 1:11

upon Ezek 32:4-5, Ezek 35:5, Ezek 35:8, Ezek 39:4; Isa 34:5-7

gone Dan 4:12-14; Nah 3:17-18; Rev 17:16


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Ezek 29:5, Ezek 32:4; Isa 18:6; Rev 19:17-18


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the end Deut 13:11, Deut 21:21; Neh 13:18; Dan 4:32, Dan 5:22-23; 1Cor 10:11; 2Pet 2:6

stand up in their height or, stand upon themselves for their height

delivered Ps 82:7; Heb 9:27

the nether Ezek 32:18-32; Ps 63:9-10


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I caused a The deep and all the mighty rivers which cherished this fair tree are here described as mourning at his downfall. They stop their usual courses to bewail his fate, and Lebanon with all its stately trees (his confederates and allies), sympathise with him in his misfortunes. Nah 2:8-10; Rev 18:9-11, Rev 18:18-19

mourn Heb. be black, Mal 3:4


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made Ezek 26:10, Ezek 26:15, Ezek 27:28; Nah 2:3; Hag 2:7; Heb 12:26-27; Rev 11:13, Rev 18:9-24

When I Ezek 32:18-32; Isa 14:15

and all Ezek 31:9, Ezek 31:18; Isa 14:8; Hab 2:17

shall be comforted Ezek 31:14, Ezek 32:31; Isa 14:15


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went Ezek 32:20-30; Ps 9:17; Isa 14:9

that were Ezek 30:6-8, Ezek 30:21-25; Neh 3:17-18

dwelt Ezek 31:3, Ezek 31:6, Ezek 32:31; Lam 4:20; Dan 4:11-12; Mark 4:32


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To whom Pharaoh is here called upon to look in his mirror, and see the termination of his glory and greatness.

art thou Ezek 31:2, Ezek 32:19

with the Ezek 31:9, Ezek 31:16

thou shalt Ezek 28:10, Ezek 32:10, Ezek 32:19, Ezek 32:21, Ezek 32:24-32; 1Sam 17:26, 1Sam 17:36; 2Sam 1:20; Jer 9:25-26

This is That is, the judgment that befell the king of Assyria, is an exact representation of the destruction that remains for Pharaoh and all his people. 2Chr 28:22; Ps 52:7; Matt 13:19, Matt 26:26-28; 1Cor 10:14


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