Ezekiel 31:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. ”

Ezekiel 31:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Fifth prophecy against Egypt: a warning to Pharaoh from the fate of the Assyrians. The Assyrian empire, after having been supreme in Asia for four centuries, had been overthrown by the united force...
Ezekiel 31:7 - 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 31:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
Ezekiel 31:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Ezekiel 31:7 - 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 31:7 - 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 31:7 - 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 31:7 - 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 31:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus was he fair in his greatness ,.... Amiable, lovely, delightful to look upon in the greatness of his majesty, in his royal glory and dignity: in the length of his branches ; in the extent of h...
Ezekiel 31:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. Ver. 7. Thus was he fair in his greatness ] Once again he setteth forth with how great power and...
Ezekiel 31:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold the Assyrian This, says Archbishop Secker, seems an admonitory comparison of Pharaoh to the late Assyrian monarch, applied to Pharaoh, Ezekiel 31:18 . By the Assyrian , compared here to a...
Ezekiel 31:7 - 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 31:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Fair; beautiful, lovely, and desirable. In his greatness; not exerted in tyranny and oppression, but exercised in the royal art of imitating the greatest and best being who is King over all, for he...
Ezekiel 31:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the forest, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long by reason of many waters when he shot them forth. All the birds of th...
Ezekiel 31:7 - 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 31:7 - 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 31:7 - 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 31:7 - 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 31:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Comparison Between Pharaoh's Power and that of Assyria
Ezekiel 31:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 4:14 ; Ezekiel 17:6 ; Ezekiel 29:3 ; Ezekiel 31:12 ; Ezekiel 31:9 ; John 3:23

Ezekiel 31:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 31:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 31:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 31:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 31:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 31:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 31:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 31:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 31:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 31:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 31:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 31:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 31:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 31:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 31:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 31:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 31:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 31:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 31:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 31:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge