Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 31:1
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 captivity.
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 captivity.
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...
IN THE THIRD MONTH - More than a month before Jerusalem was taken (compare Jeremiah 39:2)....
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...
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...
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....
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...
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)...
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...
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,...
THE ELEVENTH YEAR.. THE THIRD _month_] May-June, 586 b.c., about two months before the fall of Jerusalem....
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...
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...
וַ יְהִ֗י בְּ אַחַ֤ת עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה בַּ
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
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,...
_Year, about a month before the fall of Jerusalem._...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
COMPARISON BETWEEN PHARAOH'S POWER AND THAT OF ASSYRIA...
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...
EZEKIEL CHAPTER 31 A recital to Pharaoh of the Assyrian's greatness, and of his fall for pride, EZEKIEL 31:1. The like destruction shall be to Pharaoh, EZEKIEL 31:18. IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR; as Ezekiel...
Ezekiel 31:1 eleventh H259 H6240 year H8141 third H7992 first H259 month H2320 word H1697 LORD H3068 saying...
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...
THIRD MONTH That is, June....
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 1:2; Ezekiel 30:20; Jeremiah 52:5; Jeremiah 52:6...