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.
Ver. 3. Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar.] See Ezekiel 17:3; Eze 17:22-23 Daniel 4:10,11. See Trapp on " Eze 17:3 " See Trapp on " Eze 17:22 " See Trapp on " Eze 17:23 " See Trapp on " Dan 4:10 " See Trapp on " Dan 4:11 " The cedar is a very tall, fair, shady, leafy, and lively tree. Such was Esarhaddon, King of Assyria, once a most potent monarch, now not the master of a mole hill. Now, therefore (by an argument from the greater to the less), if he so fell through his pride, shalt not thou much more?