Ezekiel 31:10

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
saith	אָמַר֙ 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Lord	אֲדֹנָ֣י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
GOD	יְהוִ֔ה Yah.weh	H3069	YHWH · proper noun, a title
up	גָּבַ֖הְתָּ ga.Vah.ta	H1361	to soar · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
height	בְּקוֹמָ֑ה be.ko.Mah	H6967	height · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
up	וַיִּתֵּ֤ן vai.yi.Ten	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
top	צַמַּרְתּוֹ֙ tza.mar.To	H6788	fleeciness · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
boughs	עֲבוֹתִ֔ים a.vo.Tim	H5688	something intwined · noun, common masculine plural absolute
heart	לְבָב֖וֹ le.va.Vo	H3824	the heart (as the most interior organ) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
up	וְרָ֥ם ve.Ram	H7311	to be high actively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
height	בְּגָבְהֽוֹ be.ga.ve.Ho	H1363	elation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Ezekiel 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground,…
Daniel 5:20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
2 Chronicles 32:25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and…
2 Chronicles 25:19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to t…
Job 11:11-12 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Isaiah 10:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 31:10–end

We have seen the king of Egypt resembling the king of Assyria in pomp, and power, and prosperity, how like he was to him in his greatness; now here we see, I. How he does likewise resemble him in his pride, Eze 31:10. For, as face answers to face in a glass, so does one corrupt carnal heart to another; and the same temptations of a prosperous state by which some are overcome are fatal to many others too. "Thou, O king of Egypt! hast lifted up thyself in height, hast been proud of thy wealth and power, Eze 29:3. And just so he (that is, the king of Assyria); when he had shot up his top among the thick boughs his heart was immediately lifted up in his height, and he grew insolent and imperious…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 31:10

thou . . . he--The change of persons is because the language refers partly to the cedar, partly to the person signified by the cedar.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 31:8

The cedars in the garden of God - Egypt was one of the most eminent and affluent of all the neighboring nations.

John Gill on Ezekiel 31:10

Therefore thus saith the Lord God,.... Having described the greatness of the Assyrian monarch; now follows the account of his fall, and the cause of it, pride: because thou hast lifted up thyself in height; this is either an address to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who, though he did not rise up so high as the Assyrian monarch in glory and grandeur; yet he lifted up himself, and thought himself superior to any; which reason he must be brought down: or the words are directed to the Assyrian monarch, by a change of person frequent in Scripture; who, though he was raised by the Lord to the height of honour and dignity he was, yet ascribed it to himself: and he hath shot up his top among the thick bo…

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Dictionary and topics

Ambition · Punishment of — Punishment of
Assyria · The greatness, extent, duration, and fall, illustrated — The greatness, extent, duration, and fall, illustrated
Pride · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Self-Exaltation · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Trees · Illustrative: Of kings, &c — Illustrative: Of kings, &c

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 31:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 31:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 31:10

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 31:8

John Gill on Ezekiel 31:10

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 31:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 31:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 31:10

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 31:8

John Gill on Ezekiel 31:10

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 31:10-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 31:10-11

Rashi on Ezekiel 31:10