Ezekiel 31:14

To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
trees	עֲצֵי 'a.tzei-	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · noun, common masculine plural construct
waters	מַ֗יִם Ma.yim	H4325	water · noun, common masculine plural absolute
exalt	יִגְבְּה֨וּ yig.be.Hu	H1361	to soar · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
height	בְקוֹמָתָ֜ם ve.ko.ma.Tam	H6967	height · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
up	יִתְּנ֤וּ yi.te.Nu	H5414	to give · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
top	צַמַּרְתָּם֙ tza.mar.Tam	H6788	fleeciness · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Nehemiah 13:18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profa…
Psalms 63:9-10 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
Psalms 82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Ezekiel 26:20 When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the ea…
1 Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
2 Peter 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after shou…
Deuteronomy 13:11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
Deuteronomy 21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear,…

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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 31:14

trees by the waters--that is, that are plentifully supplied by the waters: nations abounding in resources. stand up in their height--that is, trust in their height: stand upon it as their ground of confidence. FAIRBAIRN points the Hebrew differently, so as for "their trees," to translate, "(And that none that drink water may stand) on themselves, (because of their greatness)." But the usual reading is better, as Assyria and the confederate states throughout are compared to strong trees. The clause, "All that drink water," marks the ground of the trees' confidence "in their height," namely, that they have ample sources of supply. MAURER, retaining the same Hebrew, translates, "that neither…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 31:14

To the end that none of all the trees - Let this ruin, fallen upon Egypt, teach all the nations that shall hear of it to be humble, because, however elevated, God can soon bring them down; and pride and arrogance, either in states or individuals, have the peculiar abhorrence of God. Pride does not suit the sons of men; it made devils of angels, and makes fiends of men.

John Gill on Ezekiel 31:14

Dictionary and topics

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

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 31:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 31:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 31:14

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 31:14

John Gill on Ezekiel 31:14

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 31:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 31:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 31:14

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 31:14

John Gill on Ezekiel 31:14

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 31:10-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 31:12-14

Rashi on Ezekiel 31:14