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CHAPTER XXXI
_This very beautiful chapter relates also to Egypt. The prophet_
_describes to Pharaoh the fall of the king of Nineveh, (see the_
_books of Nahum, Jonah, and Zephaniah,) under the imag...
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IN THE THIRD MONTH - More than a month before Jerusalem was taken
(compare Jeremiah 39:2)....
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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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THE ELEVENTH YEAR. See note on Ezekiel 30:20, and p. 1105. the third
month. About two months before the fall of Jerusalem.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4....
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The date is about two months before Jerusalem fell.
Pharaoh under the figure of a great cedar cut down and flung upon the
ground
The passage has three parts:
(1) Ezekiel 31:1. Pharaoh, the imperson...
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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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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,
Not that Egypt was, like Assyria utterly to cease to be,...
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THE ELEVENTH YEAR.. THE THIRD _month_] May-June, 586 b.c., about two
months before the fall of Jerusalem....
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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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וַ יְהִ֗י בְּ אַחַ֤ת עֶשְׂרֵה֙
שָׁנָ֔ה בַּ
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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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And it came to pass in the (a) eleventh year, in the third [month], in
the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came to me,
saying,
(a) Of Zedekiah's reign, or of Jeconiah's captivit...
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_Year, about a month before the fall of Jerusalem._...
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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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CONTENTS
The Prophet is still discoursing concerning Egypt. The great monarchy
of Assyria is brought forward by way of illustrating, that al Nineveh
fell, so shall Egypt....
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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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AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR,.... Of Zedekiah's reign, and
Jeconiah's captivity:
IN THE THIRD MONTH, IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH: the month Sivan,
which began on the twentieth of our Ma...
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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,
Ver. 1. _In the third month._] Two months after the...
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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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And it came to pass in the eleventh year, after the captivity of
Jehoiachin, IN THE THIRD MONTH, IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, just
two months later than the prophecy delivered in chapter 30, THAT TH...
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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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Ezekiel 31:1 eleventh H259 H6240 year H8141 third H7992 first H259
month H2320 word H1697 LORD H3068 saying...
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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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THIRD MONTH
That is, June....
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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 1:2; Ezekiel 30:20; Jeremiah 52:5; Jeremiah 52:6...