Ezekiel 31:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with [them that be] slain by the sword. This [is] Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

Ver. 18. To whom art thou like?] He fitly returneth to Pharaoh, applying all this discourse to him.

In the midst of the uncircumcised.] Ezekiel 28:10 .

This is Pharaoh.] This is like that of the poet,

Hic finis Priami fatorum: hic exitus ilium

Sorte tulit. ” - Virg., Aeneid., lib. ii.

Ezekiel 31:18

18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.