Ezekiel 31:5

For this cause higher, was his stature than any of the trees of the field,-And multiplied were his boughs And lengthened were his branches, By reason of the mighty waters when he shot forth shoots.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.

In Context

4The waters made him great, the roaring deep, made him high—with its currents going round about the place where it was planted, Its channels also, it sent forth unto all the trees of the field.

6Among his branches, all the birds of the heavens, made their nests, And under his boughs, all the wild beasts of the field, brought forth,— And, in his shade, dwelt all the mighty nations.

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Cross References

Psalms 37:35I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;

Isaiah 36:4And Rabshakeh said unto them, Pray you say unto Hezekiah,—Thus, saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What is this trust, wherewith thou dost trust?

Isaiah 37:11Lo! thou, thyself, hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands in devoting them to destruction,—and shalt, thou, be delivered?

Daniel 4:11The tree, grew, and became strong,—and, the height thereof, reached unto the heavens, and, the view thereof, unto the end of all the land:

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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