2<\/strong>. his multitude<\/em> ] The population of Egypt; hardly merely his army.<\/p>\n Whom art thou like<\/em> ] The question seems to imply that none can be compared to him; he is unapproached in his greatness; cf. Eze 31:18<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n Pharaoh; <\/B>Apries or Hophra. <\/P> To his multitude; <\/B>his numerous subjects, with the power and riches they glory in. <\/P> Whom art thou like in thy greatness?<\/B> bethink thyself, what king of all before thee art thou equal with, or else greater? On what surer and more immovable foundation doth thy greatness stand, that thou dreamest of a perpetual quiet and flourishing state, in the midst of all thy sins and wickednesses? <\/P> <\/p>\n 2. Whom art thou like<\/B>Theanswer is, Thou art like the haughty king of Assyria; as he wasoverthrown by the Chaldeans, so shalt thou be by the same.<\/P><\/p>\n Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt<\/strong>,…. 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 concerning him, and which he might have an opportunity of sending to him:<\/p>\n and to his multitude<\/strong>; the multitude of his subjects, of which he boasted, and in whom he trusted:<\/p>\n whom art thou like in thy greatness<\/strong>? look over all the records of time, and into all the empires, kingdoms, and states that have been; draw a comparison between thyself and the greatest potentate that ever was; fancy thyself to be equal to him; this will not secure thee from ruin and destruction; for as they have been humbled, and are fallen, so wilt thou be: pitch for instance on the Assyrian monarch, whose empire has been the most ancient, extensive, and flourishing, and yet now crushed; and as thou art like him in greatness, at least thou thinkest so, so thou art in pride, and wilt be in thine end; to assure of which is the drift of the following account of the king of Assyria.<\/p>\n (2) His multitude<\/strong>.The word means literally tumult,<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n Eze 31:2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?<\/p>\n Ver. 2. Speak unto Pharaoh.<\/strong> ] Unto Pharaohhophra. Eze 29:2 Say unto him (though it will be to small purpose), “Hear, and give ear, be not proud, for the Lord hath spoken it.” Jer 13:15 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Whom art thou like in thy greatness?<\/strong> ] q.d., <\/em> Thou thinkest thyself the only one, and that there is none such; but what sayest thou to the Assyrian, whom yet the Babylonian hath now laid low enough?<\/p>\n Son of man. See note on Eze 2:1. <\/p>\n speak: Jer 1:5, Jer 1:17, Rev 10:11 <\/p>\n to his: Eze 29:19, Eze 30:10, Nah 3:8-10 <\/p>\n Whom: Eze 31:18, Isa 14:13, Isa 14:14 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Eze 29:15 – rule Eze 32:19 – dost Amo 6:2 – better Zec 11:2 – Howl<\/p>\n Eze 31:2. Speak unto Pharaoh. I do not take this to mean that the prophet was to make a personal contact with the Egyptian king. Ezekiel was in Babylon when he wrote this which is several hundred miles from Egypt and personal communications would be difficult if not impossible except, by some miraculous performance. Furthermore, a like expression is found regarding the Ammonites and Tyrus, and we would not suppose that separate documents were sent to those places. The phrase could better be understood in lhe sense of speak (or write) concerning Pharaoh.” The whole book of Ezekiel was to become a unit in the Bible and the instruction of prophecy and its fulfillment was to be for the benefit of the world. Whom art thou like is in question form, but the thought is that the Lord announces He is going to make a comparison.<\/p>\n 31:2 Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou {b} like in thy greatness?<\/p>\n (b) Meaning that he was not the same in strength to the king of the Assyrians whom the Babylonians overcame.<\/p>\n The prophet was to speak this one to Pharaoh Hophra and to the Egyptians. Obviously Ezekiel was in Babylon and they were in Egypt, but he was to speak publicly as though he were addressing them in person. He asked rhetorically who the Egyptians were like in their greatness.<\/p>\n Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 2. his multitude ] The population of Egypt; hardly merely his army. 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