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Ezekiel 31:1. Pharaoh's greatness is described in the first part of
the chapter (Ezekiel 31:1). He is compared to the Assyrian, once so
powerful and proud. The fall and desolation of the proud monarch...
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EZEKIEL 31. FALLEN IS THE MIGHTY CEDAR. In this striking poem, Pharaoh
(= Egypt) is likened to a cedar of surprising height and beauty, fed
by the waters of the deep (_i.e._ the Nile) and giving shelt...
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SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1....
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_his multitude_ The population of Egypt; hardly merely his army.
_Whom art thou like_ The question seems to imply that none can be
compared to him; he is unapproached in his greatness; cf. Ezekiel
31...
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A. The Description of the Cedar 31:1-9
TRANSLATION
(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, (2)...
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V. THE GREAT CEDAR TREE 31:1-18
This oracle follows the preceding one by some two months. The date
according to the present calendar would be June 21, 587 B.C. (Ezekiel
31:1). In the first unit of thi...
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THE FALL OF THE GREAT CEDAR
Egypt 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). It was the en...
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EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD”
GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 31
AS ASSYRIA *FELL SO EGYPT WILL *FALL – EZEKIEL 31:1-18...
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HIS MULTITUDE. — The word means literally _tumult,_ and applies to
the multitude as influenced by whatever is the occasion of tumult:
their wealth, their idols, their sources of pride of every kind....
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בֶּן ־אָדָ֕ם אֱמֹ֛ר אֶל ־פַּרְעֹ֥ה
מֶֽלֶךְ ־מ
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EGYPT
Ezekiel 29:1; Ezekiel 30:1; Ezekiel 31:1; Ezekiel 32:1
EGYPT figures in the prophecies of Ezekiel as a great world-power
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The fifth prophecy was directed against the greatness of Pharaoh.
Ezekiel was commanded to address himself to Pharaoh and his
multitudes. This he did, first by describing his greatness. He fist
asked,...
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Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom
art thou (b) like in thy greatness?
(b) Meaning that he was not the same in strength to the king of the
Assyrians whom the Babyl...
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It is worthy the Reader's remark, that while the Lord is chastising
his own people, the rod is exercised over numbers of the surrounding
nations. We have here the humbling of Egypt still threatened, a...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29, 30, 31, AND 32.
Chapter s 29-32 contain the judgment of Egypt. Egypt sought, in the
self-will of man, to take the place which God had in fact given to
Neb...
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SON OF MAN, SPEAK UNTO PHARAOH KING OF EGYPT,.... To Pharaohhophra,
the then reigning king; not to him personally by word of mouth, for
the prophet was now in Chaldea; but by delivering out a prophecy...
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Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude;
Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Ver. 2. _Speak unto Pharaoh._] Unto Pharaohhophra. Eze 29:2 Say unto
him (though it will be to...
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_In the eleventh year, in the third month_, &c. This was another
revelation upon the subject of the destruction of Egypt, imparted two
months after that which is mentioned in the conclusion of the
for...
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Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt, by sending him the
message here transmitted to time Lord's prophet, AND TO HIS MULTITUDE,
the people of Egypt with all their wealth, for the country was...
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COMPARISON BETWEEN PHARAOH'S POWER AND THAT OF ASSYRIA...
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1-9 The falls of others, both into sin and ruin, warn us not to be
secure or high-minded. The prophet is to show an instance of one whom
the king of Egypt resembled in greatness, the Assyrian, compar...
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PHARAOH; Apries or Hophra. TO HIS MULTITUDE; his numerous subjects,
with the power and riches they glory in. WHOM ART THOU LIKE IN THY
GREATNESS? bethink thyself, what king of all before thee art thou...
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Ezekiel 31:2 Son H1121 man H120 say H559 (H8798) Pharaoh H6547 king
H4428 Egypt H4714 multitude H1995 like...
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PHARAOH AND HIS PEOPLE ARE LIKE A GREAT CYPRESS (EZEKIEL 31:1).
‘And so it was in the eleventh year, in the third month on the first
day of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Son...
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CONTENTS: Prophecy against Pharaoh.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Pharaoh.
CONCLUSION: It is rare to find a humble spirit in the midst of great
advancement. God can easily expel those who think themselv...
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Ezekiel 31:1. _In the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first
day,_ about a month before Jerusalem was taken by storm.
Ezekiel 31:3 ; EZEKIEL 31:8. _The Assyrian was a_ (tall) _cedar._ The
Vul...
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_The Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon._
THE CEDAR IN LEBANON
I. The soul that will not grow down must be cut down. Trees that are
to stand the storm must send their roots deep into the earth. A man
t...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 31:1 Ezekiel’s fifth oracle against Egypt
dates to June 587 B.C., only a few weeks after the preceding unit.
Here the prophet points to Assyria as an object lesson for Egypt. I...
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THE DESTRUCTION OF ASSYRIA A TYPE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF EGYPT. (Chap.
31)
(Ezekiel 31:1.)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 31:1. “In the eleventh year, in the
third month.” Two months later than the prophe...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 31:1
IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR, etc. June, B.C. 586. Two months all but six days
had passed since the utterance of Ezekiel 30:20, when Ezekiel was
moved to expand his prediction of the...
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Shall we turn now to Ezekiel, chapter 31.
In Chapter s 29 and 30 of Ezekiel, he was prophesying concerning the
judgment of God that was to come against the nation of Egypt, who was
like a reed when Is...
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Ezekiel 29:19; Ezekiel 30:10; Ezekiel 31:18; Isaiah 14:13; Isaiah
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His multitude — His numerous subjects....