Ezekiel 31:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? ”

Ezekiel 31:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou (b) like in thy greatness? (b) Meaning that he was not the same in strength to the king of the Assyrians whom the Baby...
Ezekiel 31:2 - 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 31:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Son of man . See note on Ezekiel 2:1 .
Ezekiel 31:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Ezekiel 31:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Son of man speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in...
Ezekiel 31:2 - 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 31:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

His multitude . — The word means literally tumult, 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...
Ezekiel 31:2 - 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 31:2 - 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 31:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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,...
Ezekiel 31:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt ,.... 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 proph...
Ezekiel 31:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? Ver. 2. Speak unto Pharaoh. ] Unto Pharaohhophra. Eze 29:2 Say unto him (though it will be...
Ezekiel 31:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 th...
Ezekiel 31:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The King of Assyria's Greatness. B. C. 588. 1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year,...
Ezekiel 31:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Pharaoh; Apries or Hophra. To his multitude; his numerous subjects, with the power and riches they glory in. Whom art thou like in thy greatness? bethink thyself, what king of all before thee a...
Ezekiel 31:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Pharaoh and His People Are Like a Great Cypress ( Ezekiel 31:1-9 ). ‘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...
Ezekiel 31:2 - 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 31:2 - 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 31:2 - 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 31:2 - 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 31:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Comparison Between Pharaoh's Power and that of Assyria
Ezekiel 31:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 29:19 ; Ezekiel 30:10 ; Ezekiel 31:18 ; Isaiah 14:13 ; Isaiah 14:14 ; Jeremiah 1:17 ; Jeremiah 1:5 ; Nahum 3:8-10 ; Revelation 10:11
Ezekiel 31:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

His multitude — His numerous subjects.

Ezekiel 31:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 31:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 31:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 31:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 31:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 31:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 31:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 31:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 31:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 31:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 31:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 31:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 31:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 31:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 31:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 31:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 31:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 31:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 31:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 31:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 31:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 31:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 31:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes