Ezekiel 31:10

For this cause the Lord has said: Because he is tall, and has put his top among the clouds, and his heart is full of pride because he is so high,

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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;

In Context

9I made it beautiful with its mass of branches: so that all the trees in the garden of God were full of envy of it.

11I have given him up into the hands of a strong one of the nations; he will certainly give him the reward of his sin, driving him out.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:19You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

Job 11:11For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

Isaiah 14:13For you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will make my seat higher than the stars of God; I will take my place on the mountain of the meeting-place of the gods, in the inmost parts of the north.

Ezekiel 31:14In order that no trees by the waters may be lifted up in their growth, putting their tops among the clouds; and that no trees which are watered may take their place on high: for they are all given up to death, to the lowest parts of the earth among the children of men, with those who go down to the underworld.

Daniel 5:20But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard with pride, he was put down from his place as king, and they took his glory from him:

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 31:2-10

The King of Assyria's Greatness. ( b. c. 588.) 1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. 4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with… Read the whole commentary →

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