Ezekiel 31:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 mournb for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. ”

Ezekiel 31:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Ezekiel 31:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I (g) covered the deep for him, and I restrained its floods, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Leb...
Ezekiel 31:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 sh...
Ezekiel 31:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the grave. Hebrew. Sheol . App-35.
Ezekiel 31:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Ezekiel 31:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I caused a mourning— I caused the deep to mourn for him; I restrained his rivers; and the many waters were withheld. Houbigant. Hereby is meant figuratively the confederates and allies of Pharaoh...
Ezekiel 31:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 ca...
Ezekiel 31:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 31:1-6 ). It wa...
Ezekiel 31:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I covered the deep for him. — Ezekiel 31:15-17 describe the effect of Assyria’s fall. Ezekiel 31:15 speaks of the mourning of the nations and of the drying up of the streams, or sources of Assy...
Ezekiel 31:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

EGYPT Ezekiel 29:1-21 ; Ezekiel 30:1-26 ; Ezekiel 31:1-18 ; Ezekiel 32:1-32 EGYPT figures in the prophecies of Ezekiel as a great world-power cherishing projects of universal dominion. Once...
Ezekiel 31:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Ezekiel 31:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nothing can be more highly figurative than what is here said, and nothing more beautiful and exact in description. Who is this mighty Monarch of Assyria, or of Egypt, but the proud foes of Israel? an...
Ezekiel 31:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus saith the Lord God, in the day when he went down to the grave ,.... The Assyrian monarch; when his monarchy was destroyed, and he ceased to be king, and was stripped of all his majesty, power,...
Ezekiel 31:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Ezekiel 31:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the day when he went down to the grave This, and the following verses, are an elegant description of that consternation that seized the king of Assyria's allies, at the suddenness of his downfal...
Ezekiel 31:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The King of Assyria's Downfall; The Fall of Assyria. B. C. 588. 10 Therefore thus sait...
Ezekiel 31:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

When he, the king of Assyria, the tall cedar, or the kingdom of Assyria, went down to the grave; was a man in grave; buried in its own ruins. I caused a mourning there was much lamentation. I co...
Ezekiel 31:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Descent Into Sheol ( Ezekiel 31:15-18 ). “Thus says the Lord Yahweh, In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning. I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers, and the...
Ezekiel 31:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE DESTRUCTION OF ASSYRIA A TYPE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF EGYPT. (Chap. 31) ( Ezekiel 31:1-18 .) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 31:1 . “In the eleventh year, in the third month.” Two months later than t...
Ezekiel 31:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Ezekiel 31:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 ma...
Ezekiel 31:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 30:20-26 , when Ezekiel was moved to expand his p...
Ezekiel 31:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lesson of Assyria's Fall
Ezekiel 31:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Malachi 3:4 ; Nahum 2:8-10 ; Revelation 18:18 ; Revelation 18:19 ; Revelation 18:9-11
Ezekiel 31:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He — The king of Assyria. A mourning — There was much lamentation. Fainted — Probably there were portentous signs in the sea, and great waters, and the rivers, and among the trees.

Ezekiel 31:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 31:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 31:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 31:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 31:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 31:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 31:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 31:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 31:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 31:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 31:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 31:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 31:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 31:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 31:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 31:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 31:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 31:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 31:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 31:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 31:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 31:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 31:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 31:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 31:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes