1.
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
in the eleventh: On Sunday, June 19, am 3416, according to Usher; and about a month before the capture of Jerusalem. Ezekiel 1:2, Ezekiel 30:20, Jeremiah 52:5, Jeremiah 52:6
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 8:1 - in the sixth year Ezekiel 20:1 - in the seventh Ezekiel 24:1 - the ninth year
2.
Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
speak: Jeremiah 1:5, Jeremiah 1:17, Revelation 10:11
to his: Ezekiel 29:19, Ezekiel 30:10, Nahum 3:8-10
Whom: Ezekiel 31:18, Isaiah 14:13, Isaiah 14:14
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 29:15 - rule Ezekiel 32:19 - dost Amos 6:2 - better Zechariah 11:2 - Howl
3.
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
the Assyrian: Nahum 3:1-19, Zephaniah 2:13
a cedar: Ezekiel 17:3, Ezekiel 17:4, Ezekiel 17:22, Isaiah 10:33, Isaiah 10:34, Isaiah 37:24, Daniel 4:10, Daniel 4:20-23, Zechariah 11:2
with fair branches: Heb. fair of branches
of an high: Ezekiel 31:6, Judges 9:15, Daniel 4:12
Reciprocal: Numbers 24:6 - as cedar 2 Kings 18:28 - the king of Assyria 2 Kings 19:23 - With the multitude Isaiah 2:13 - General Isaiah 8:7 - the king Isaiah 36:4 - Thus saith Isaiah 36:13 - Hear Isaiah 45:14 - men of stature Jeremiah 50:18 - as I Ezekiel 19:11 - her stature Ezekiel 31:17 - dwelt Ezekiel 32:22 - General Hosea 14:6 - branches Amos 6:2 - better Nahum 3:3 - and there Nahum 3:8 - thou Nahum 3:18 - O King Mark 4:32 - shooteth
4.
The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
waters: Ezekiel 17:5, Ezekiel 17:8, Proverbs 14:28, Jeremiah 51:36, Revelation 17:1, Revelation 17:15
made him great: or, nourished him
set: or, brought, little rivers. or, conduits.
Reciprocal: Numbers 24:6 - as cedar Isaiah 1:30 - garden Jeremiah 17:8 - he shall
5.
Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
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. Psalms 37:35, Psalms 37:36, Isaiah 10:8-14, Isaiah 36:4, Isaiah 36:18, Isaiah 36:19, Isaiah 37:11-13, Daniel 4:11
he shot forth: or, it sent them forth
6.
All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Ezekiel 17:23, Daniel 4:12, Daniel 4:21, Matthew 13:32
Reciprocal: Psalms 37:35 - a green bay tree Psalms 104:17 - the birds Ezekiel 31:3 - of an high Ezekiel 31:17 - dwelt Luke 13:19 - and the
7.
Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
8.
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 his beauty.
cedars: Ezekiel 28:13, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 13:10, Psalms 80:10, Isaiah 51:3
nor any: Psalms 37:35, Isaiah 10:7-14, Isaiah 36:4-18, Isaiah 37:11-13
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:9 - every Genesis 30:37 - chestnut tree Joel 2:3 - the land
9.
I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
made: Ezekiel 16:14, Exodus 9:16, Psalms 75:6, Psalms 75:7, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 2:37, Daniel 2:38, Daniel 4:22-25, Daniel 5:20-23
all the trees: Ezekiel 17:22, Ezekiel 17:24, Judges 9:8-20, Psalms 96:12, Psalms 96:13, Isaiah 55:12, Zechariah 11:2
envied: Genesis 26:14, Genesis 37:11, 1 Samuel 18:15, Proverbs 27:4, Ecclesiastes 4:4, James 4:5, James 4:6
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:8 - a garden Genesis 2:9 - every Jeremiah 51:53 - mount Ezekiel 28:13 - in Eden Ezekiel 31:16 - and all Ezekiel 31:18 - with the Joel 2:3 - the land 2 Corinthians 12:4 - paradise
10.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
Therefore: The allegory and its interpretation are here combined; and the Assyrian monarch, though already destroyed, is poetically addressed.
Because: Matthew 23:12
and his: Ezekiel 31:14, Ezekiel 28:17, 2 Chronicles 25:19, 2 Chronicles 32:25, Job 11:11, Job 11:12, Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 18:12, Isaiah 14:13-15, Daniel 4:30, Daniel 5:20, Obadiah 1:3, James 4:6
Reciprocal: Isaiah 10:12 - the glory Ezekiel 28:2 - Because Daniel 5:23 - lifted
11.
I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
delivered: Ezekiel 11:9, Ezekiel 21:31, Ezekiel 23:28, Judges 16:23, 1 Timothy 1:20
the mighty: Nebuchadnezzar, the subverter of the Assyrian empire. Ezekiel 32:11, Ezekiel 32:12, Jeremiah 25:9, Daniel 5:18, Daniel 5:19
he shall surely deal with him: Heb. in doing he shall do unto him, Judges 1:7, Matthew 7:1, Matthew 7:2, James 2:13
I have driven: Leviticus 18:24-28, Leviticus 20:22, Leviticus 20:23, Deuteronomy 18:12, Lamentations 1:21, Nahum 3:18
12.
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
strangers: Ezekiel 28:7, Ezekiel 30:11, Habakkuk 1:6, Habakkuk 1:11
upon: Ezekiel 32:4, Ezekiel 32:5, Ezekiel 35:5, Ezekiel 35:8, Ezekiel 39:4, Isaiah 34:5-7
gone: Daniel 4:12-14, Nahum 3:17, Nahum 3:18, Revelation 17:16
Reciprocal: Isaiah 21:1 - from Ezekiel 29:11 - foot of man Ezekiel 30:12 - by the hand Daniel 4:14 - let
13.
Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:
Ezekiel 29:5, Ezekiel 32:4, Isaiah 18:6, Revelation 19:17, Revelation 19:18
Reciprocal: Daniel 4:14 - let
14.
To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
the end: Deuteronomy 13:11, Deuteronomy 21:21, Nehemiah 13:18, Daniel 4:32, Daniel 5:22, Daniel 5:23, 1 Corinthians 10:11, 2 Peter 2:6
stand up in their height: or, stand upon themselves for their height
delivered: Psalms 82:7, Hebrews 9:27
the nether: Ezekiel 32:18-32, Psalms 63:9, Psalms 63:10
Reciprocal: Isaiah 10:12 - the glory Ezekiel 31:10 - and his Ezekiel 31:16 - shall be comforted
15.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
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. Nahum 2:8-10, Revelation 18:9-11, Revelation 18:18, Revelation 18:19
mourn: Heb. be black, Malachi 3:4
16.
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
made: Ezekiel 26:10, Ezekiel 26:15, Ezekiel 27:28, Nahum 2:3, Haggai 2:7, Hebrews 12:26, Hebrews 12:27, Revelation 11:13, Revelation 18:9-24
When I: Ezekiel 32:18-32, Isaiah 14:15
and all: Ezekiel 31:9, Ezekiel 31:18, Isaiah 14:8, Habakkuk 2:17
shall be comforted: Ezekiel 31:14, Ezekiel 32:31, Isaiah 14:15
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:8 - eastward Genesis 2:9 - every Isaiah 23:11 - stretched Jeremiah 50:46 - General Daniel 4:20 - General Matthew 11:23 - which art
17.
They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
went: Ezekiel 32:20-30, Psalms 9:17, Isaiah 14:9
that were: Ezekiel 30:6-8, Ezekiel 30:21-25, Nehemiah 3:17, Nehemiah 3:18
dwelt: Ezekiel 31:3, Ezekiel 31:6, Ezekiel 32:31, Lamentations 4:20, Daniel 4:11, Daniel 4:12, Mark 4:32
Reciprocal: Zechariah 11:2 - Howl Matthew 11:23 - which art
18.
To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
To whom: Pharaoh is here called upon to look in his mirror, and see the termination of his glory and greatness.
art thou: Ezekiel 31:2, Ezekiel 32:19
with the: Ezekiel 31:9, Ezekiel 31:16
thou shalt: Ezekiel 28:10, Ezekiel 32:10, Ezekiel 32:19, Ezekiel 32:21, Ezekiel 32:24-32, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:36, 2 Samuel 1:20, Jeremiah 9:25, Jeremiah 9:26
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. 2 Chronicles 28:22, Psalms 52:7, Matthew 13:19, Matthew 26:26-28, 1 Corinthians 10:14
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:8 - eastward Genesis 2:9 - every Psalms 37:35 - a green bay tree Jeremiah 44:30 - I will Jeremiah 46:17 - Pharaoh Ezekiel 29:5 - I will leave Ezekiel 30:18 - the pomp Luke 3:9 - General Luke 10:15 - thrust