TSK - EZEKIEL 31

  1  A relation unto Pharaoh,
 3  of the glory of Assyria,
10  and the fall thereof for pride.
18  The like destruction of Egypt.


VERSE 1
- in the eleventh.
  On Sunday, June 19, A.M. 3416, according to Usher; and about
  a month before the capture of Jerusalem.

   * Eze 1:2; 30:20 Jer 52:5,6


VERSE 2 
 - speak.
   * Jer 1:5,17 Re 10:11
- to his.
   * Eze 29:19; 30:10 Na 3:8-10
- Whom.
   * :18 Isa 14:13,14


VERSE 3 
 - the Assyrian.
   * Na 3:1-19 Zep 2:13
- a cedar.
   * Eze 17:3,4,22 Isa 10:33,34; 37:24 Da 4:10,20-23 Zec 11:2
- with fair branches.  Heb. fair of branches.  of an high.
   * :6 Jud 9:15 Da 4:12


VERSE 4 
 - waters.
   * Eze 17:5,8 Pr 14:28 Jer 51:36 Re 17:1,15
- made him great.  or, nourished him.  set.  or, brought.
  little rivers.  or, conduits.


VERSE 5 
 - 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; 36:4,18,19; 37:11-13 Da 4:11
- he shot forth.  or, it sent them forth.

VERSE 6
    * Eze 17:23 Da 4:12,21 Mt 13:32


VERSE 7 
 - his branches.
   * :9,12; 17:6 Da 4:14
- great waters.  lit. "many waters."
   * Eze 29:3 Joh 3:23


VERSE 8 
 - cedars.
   * Eze 28:13 Ge 2:8; 13:10 Ps 80:10 Isa 51:3
- nor any.
   * Ps 37:35 Isa 10:7-14; 36:4-18; 37:11-13


VERSE 9 
 - made.
   * Eze 16:14 Ex 9:16 Ps 75:6,7 Da 2:21,37,38; 4:22-25; 5:20-23
- all the trees.
   * Eze 17:22,24 Jud 9:8-20 Ps 96:12,13 Isa 55:12 Zec 11:2
- envied.
   * Ge 26:14; 37:11 1Sa 18:15 Pr 27:4 Ec 4:4 Jas 5 4:5,6


VERSE 10 
 - Therefore.
  The allegory and its interpretation are here combined; and
  the Assyrian monarch, though already destroyed, is poetically
  addressed.

- Because.
   * Mt 23:12
- and his.
   * :14; 28:17 2Ch 25:19; 32:25 Job 11:11,12 Pr 16:18; 18:12
   * Isa 14:13-15 Da 4:30; 5:20 Ob 1:3 Jas 4:6


VERSE 11 
 - delivered.
   * Eze 11:9; 21:31; 23:28 Jud 16:23 1Ti 1:20
- the mighty.
  Nebuchadnezzar, the subverter of the Assyrian empire.

   * Eze 32:11,12 Jer 25:9 Da 5:18,19
- he shall surely deal with him.  Heb. in doing he shall do
  unto him.
   * Jud 1:7 Mt 7:1,2 Jas 13 2:13
- I have driven.
   * Le 18:24-28; 20:22,23 De 18:12 La 1:21 Na 3:18


VERSE 12 
 - strangers.
   * Eze 28:7; 30:11 Hab 1:6,11
- upon.
   * Eze 32:4,5; 35:5,8; 39:4 Isa 34:5-7
- gone.
   * Da 4:12-14 Na 3:17,18 Re 17:16

VERSE 13
    * Eze 29:5; 32:4 Isa 18:6 Re 19:17,18


VERSE 14 
 - the end.
   * De 13:11; 21:21 Ne 13:18 Da 4:32; 5:22,23 1Co 10:11 2Pe 2:6
- stand up in their height.  or, stand upon themselves for
  their height.  delivered.
   * Ps 82:7 Heb 9:27
- the nether.
   * Eze 32:18-32 Ps 63:9,10


VERSE 15 
 - 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.

   * Na 2:8-10 Re 18:9-11,18,19
- mourn.  Heb. be black.
   * Mal 3:4


VERSE 16 
 - made.
   * Eze 26:10,15; 27:28 Na 2:3 Hag 2:7 Heb 12:26,27 Re 11:13; 18:9-24
- When I.
   * Eze 32:18-32 Isa 14:15
- and all.
   * :9,18 Isa 14:8 Hab 2:17
- shall be comforted.
   * :14; 32:31 Isa 14:15


VERSE 17 
 - went.
   * Eze 32:20-30 Ps 9:17 Isa 14:9
- that were.
   * Eze 30:6-8,21-25 Ne 3:17,18
- dwelt.
   * :3,6; 32:31 La 4:20 Da 4:11,12 Mr 4:32


VERSE 18 
 - To whom.
  Pharaoh is here called upon to look in his mirror, and see
  the termination of his glory and greatness.

- art thou.
   * :2; 32:19
- with the.
   * :9,16
- thou shalt.
   * Eze 28:10; 32:10,19,21,24-32 1Sa 17:26,36 2Sa 1:20 Jer 9:25,26
- This is.
  That is, the judgment that befel the king of Assyria, is an
  exact representation of the destruction that remains for
  Pharaoh and all his people.

   * 2Ch 28:22 Ps 52:7 Mt 13:19; 26:26-28 1Co 10:14



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