Bible Commentary

They also went down into hell with him unto [them that be] slain with the sword; and [they that were] his arm, [that] dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen. 17. They also into hell ] These also are gone down into Shel, ref. being to the “trees of Eden,” Eze 31:16. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 31:17”

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. 16. at the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 31:16”

Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 31:15”

To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 31:14”

Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches: 13. his ruin ] i.e. his fallen trunk and branches, ch. Eze 32:4, Eze 39:17; Isa 18:6. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 13. Upon his ruin shall all … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 31:13”

And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 31:12”

I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. 11. have delivered ] I will deliver. mighty one of the heathen ] of the nations, Nebuchadnezzar. for his wickedness ] The traditional reading is: according … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 31:11”

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; 10. the thick boughs ] the clouds. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 10 14. Because of his pride … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 31:10”

I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that [were] in the garden of God, envied him. 9. have made him fair ] I made him fair. But the idea of his beauty being conferred by God is foreign to the connexion. His stateliness was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 31:9”

The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. 8. could not hide him ] Probably: equal him, compare with him … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 31:8”