Ezekiel 31:4

It got strength from the waters and the deep made it tall: its streams went round about its planted land and it sent out its waterways to all the trees of the field.

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The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.

In Context

3See, a pine-tree with beautiful branches and thick growth, giving shade and very tall; and its top was among the clouds.

5In this way it became taller than all the trees of the field; and its branches were increased and its arms became long because of the great waters.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 51:36For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.

Ezekiel 17:8He had it planted in a good field by great waters so that it might put out branches and have fruit and be a strong vine.

Revelation 17:15And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the evil woman is seated, are peoples, and armies, and nations and languages.

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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