Ezekiel 31:16

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. I MADE THE NATIONS TO SHAKE AT ... HIS FALL, WHEN I CAST HIM DOWN TO HELL - Sheol or Hades, the unseen world; equivalent to 'I cast him into oblivion' (cf. Isaiah 14:9, "Hell from beneath is moved to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth"). ALL THE TREES OF EDEN SHALL BE COMFORTED because so great a king as the Assyrian is brought down to a ALL THE TREES OF EDEN ... SHALL BE COMFORTED - because so great a king as the Assyrian is brought down to a level with them. It is a kind of consolation t...

10-18 The king of Egypt resembled the king of Assyria in his greatness: here we see he resembles him in his pride. And he shall resemble him in his fall. His own sin brings his ruin. None of our comforts are ever lost, but what have been a thousand times forfeited. When great men fall, many fall with them, as many have fallen before them. The fall of proud men is for warning to others, to keep them humble. See how low Pharaoh lies; and see what all his pomp and pride are come to. It is best to be a lowly tree of righteousness, yielding fruit to the glory of God, and to the good of men. The wicked man is often seen flourishing like the cedar, and spreading like the green bay tree, but he soon passes away, and his place is no more found. Let us then mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace....

Effect of Assyria’s fall. Ezekiel 31:15 I COVERED THE DEEP - To cover with sack-cloth was an expression of mourning Ezekiel 27:31. The deep, the source of Assyria’s prosperity Ezekiel 31:4, was made to mourn, being dried up instead of giving forth its waters, its glad abundance. FOR HIM - Upon his account. FLOODS ... GREAT WATERS - Or, rivers ... the multitude of waters (as in Ezekiel 31:4). Lebanon represents the country which Assyria gov

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 downfall of Egypt into a parable which is partly a _replica _of these in Ezekiel 17:1. and Ezekiel 19:1, and which also finds a parallel in Daniel 4:10. EZEKIEL 31:2 The parabl

I MADE THE NATIONS TO SHAKE AT THE SOUND OF HIS FALL,.... As, when a large cedar was cut down and fell in Lebanon, the noise of it was heard at a distance; so when this mighty monarch and monarchy fell, the nations of the world, and the kings of them, heard of it far and near, and shook through fear of what would be the consequence, lest they should fall also in like manner: WHEN I CAST HIM DOWN TO HELL, or "the grave", WITH THEM THAT DESCEND INTO THE PIT; in common with other men that die, and are buried: it may refer to his subjects and soldiers that perished with him, who were slain by the sword, and were buried with him, and he with them; no distinction being made between them: AND ALL THE TREES OF EDEN, THE CHOICE AND BEST OF LEBANON, ALL THAT DRINK WATER; the greatest kings and potentates of the world, the chief and principal of the Assyrian empire; all that ruled over multitude...

HELL Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...

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 under the picture of a tree follows in Ezekiel 31:10. The overthrow of Egypt and the resulting consternation among the nations is predicted in the last section of this chapter (Ezekiel 31:15). Ezekiel 32:1. The lamentation over Pharaoh is contained in Ezekiel 3

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 shelter to birds and beasts (_i.e._ protection to dependent peoples). For beauty, height, luxuriance no tree (= nation) could compare with it it was the envy of all (Ezekiel 31:1). (In Ezekiel 31:3 delete the Assyrian, and read simply, there was a cedar, etc. For thick boughs read clouds with LXX. In Ezekiel 31:4 for the trees of the field, read its soil.) But the mighty Nebuchadrezzar, with his terrible army, will send it crashing with a blow, boughs and branches will be scattered over mountain and valley, those who

I EAST GIM DOWN. I caused tint to descend. HELL. Sheol. Same word as "the grave" in Ezekiel 31:15. the pit. Hebrew. _bor_. Showing the sense in which Sheol is used in Ezekiel 31:15 and Ezekiel 31:16. See notes on "well", Genesis 21:19. and "pit", Isaiah 14:19....

_at the sound of his fall_ See on Ezekiel 26:15; cf. Ezekiel 32:10. _to hell … into the pit_ to SHEÒL with them that ARE GONE DOWN to the pit, ch. Ezekiel 32:18; Isaiah 14:15. The nations living on the earth shake with terror (ch. Ezekiel 26:15) at the noise of his fall; while those already gone down to the pit are "comforted" that one so mighty has fallen as well as themselves, Ezekiel 32:19;...