Behold, the Assyrian, &c.— This parable, says Bishop Lowth, owes much to Meibomius, who translates אשׁור Ashur, tall, straight, an epithet of the cedar; and not Assyrian, which can have no meaning at all in this passage. The word אשׁור Ashur, is here joined with cedar, as a definitive attribute to denote the highest and most beautiful kind of cedar. See his 9th Prelection. The manner in which the prophet has embellished his description, is full of propriety and elegance; and the colouring is such as fills the mind with the greatest pleasure. The LXX read the latter clause of this verse, His top was among the clouds. The whole is an allegorical description of the greatness and splendour of the Egyptian empire.
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Ezekiel 31:3
3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.