Ezekiel 31:15

Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
saith	אָמַ֞ר '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	יְהוִ֗ה Yah.weh	H3069	YHWH · proper noun, a title
day	בְּי֨וֹם be.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
down	רִדְתּ֤וֹ rid.To	H3381	to descend (literally · verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
grave	שְׁא֙וֹלָה֙ she.'o.lah	H7585	Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean re… · noun, common both genders singular absolute + directional suffix
mourning	הֶאֱבַ֜לְתִּי he.'e.Val.ti	H56	to bewail · verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person common singular
covered	כִּסֵּ֤תִי ki.Se.ti	H3680	properly · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular
deep	תְּה֔וֹם te.Hom	H8415	an abyss (as a surging mass of water) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
restrained	וָֽאֶמְנַע֙ va.'em.Na'	H4513	to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or inj… · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
floods	נַהֲרוֹתֶ֔יהָ na.ha.ro.Tei.ha	H5104	a stream (including the sea · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
great	רַבִּ֑ים ra.Bim	H7227	abundant (in quantity · adjective, masculine plural absolute
waters	מַ֣יִם Ma.yim	H4325	water · noun, common masculine plural absolute
stayed	וַיִּכָּלְא֖וּ vai.yi.kal.'U	H3607	to restrict · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Lebanon	לְבָנ֔וֹן le.va.Non	H3844	Lebanon · proper noun, a place name
mourn	וָאַקְדִּ֤ר va.'ak.Dir	H6937	to be ashy · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
trees	עֲצֵ֥י 'a.Tzei	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · noun, common masculine plural construct
field	הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה ha.sa.Deh	H7704	a field (as flat) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
fainted	עֻלְפֶּֽה 'ul.Peh	H5969	an envelope · noun, common both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

Nahum 2:8-10 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
Malachi 3:4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Revelation 18:9-11 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they s…
Revelation 18:18-19 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

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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 31:15

covered the deep--as mourners cover their heads in token of mourning, "I made the deep that watered the cedar" to wrap itself in mourning for him. The waters of the deep are the tributary peoples of Assyria (Rev 17:15). fainted--literally, were "faintness" (itself); more forcible than the verb.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 31:15

I caused Lebanon to mourn for him - All the confederates of Pharaoh are represented as deploring his fall, Eze 31:16, Eze 31:17.

John Gill on Ezekiel 31:15

Thus saith the Lord God, in the day when he went down to the grave,.... The Assyrian monarch; when his monarchy was destroyed, and he ceased to be king, and was stripped of all his majesty, power, and authority, and was as one dead, and laid in the grave, and buried: I caused a mourning: that is, for him, in the waters, and among the trees, among the people and the kings of the earth, as follows: I covered the deep for him; with mourning, with thick darkness, which set him up on high Ezekiel 31:4, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed; which made him great, Ezekiel 31:4, signifying by all this that the kingdoms of the world, comparable to the sea, of which…

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Dictionary and topics

Hell — Derived from the Saxon helan, to cover; hence the covered or the invisible place. In Scripture there are three words so rendered: (1.) Sheol, occurring in the Old Testament sixty-five times. This…
Assyria · The greatness, extent, duration, and fall, illustrated — The greatness, extent, duration, and fall, illustrated
Lebanon · Illustrative: (Mourning of,) of deep affliction — Illustrative: (Mourning of,) of deep affliction

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 31:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 31:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 31:15

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 31:15

John Gill on Ezekiel 31:15

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 31:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 31:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 31:15

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 31:15

John Gill on Ezekiel 31:15

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 31:15–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 31:15

Rashi on Ezekiel 31:15