1,2 A relation unto Pharaoh 3-9 of the glory of Assyria 10-17 and the fall thereof for pride 18 The like destruction of Egypt

in the eleventh. On Sunday, June 19, A.M. 3416, according to Usher; and about a month before the capture of Jerusalem. Eze 1:2 30:20 Jer 52:5,6

2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

speak Jer 1:5,17 Re 10:11

to his Eze 29:19 30:10 Na 3:8-10

Whom Eze 31:18 Isa 14:13,14

3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

the Assyrian Na 3:1 Zep 2:13

a cedar Eze 17:3,4,22 Isa 10:33,34 37:24 Da 4:10,20-23 Zec 11:2

with fair branches [heb] fair of branches
of an high Eze 31:6 Jud 9:15 Da 4:12

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

waters Eze 17:5,8 Pr 14:28 Jer 51:36 Re 17:1,15

made him great. or, nourished him
set. or, brought
little rivers. or, conduits

5 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.

his height The Assyrian king, to whom Pharaoh is compared, from his great power, extensive dominion, and the protection that he offered, resembled the spreading branches, thick shade, and high stature of a flourishing cedar on mount Lebanon. The fruitful lands of Assyria; the immense revenues he drew from vast multitudes in his extensive territories; his lucrative commerce, by the river Tigris, with the countries on the Indian ocean; and all the various sources of his wealth and prosperity, resembled the rivers and streams which cause the trees planted by them to grow and flourish exceedingly; and hence the empire and its head were exalted above all the kingdoms of the earth. Ps 37:35,36 Isa 10:8-14 36:4,18,19 37:11-13 Da 4:11

he shot forth. or, it sent them forth

6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

Eze 17:23 Da 4:12,21 Mt 13:32

7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.

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8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

cedars Eze 28:13 Ge 2:8 13:10 Ps 80:10 Isa 51:3

nor any Ps 37:35 Isa 10:7-14 36:4-18 37:11-13

9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

made Eze 16:14 Ex 9:16 Ps 75:6,7 Da 2:21,37,38 4:22-25 5:20-23

all the trees Eze 17:22,24 Jud 9:8-20 Isa 55:12 Zec 11:2

envied Ge 26:14 37:11 1Sa 18:15 Pr 27:4 Ec 4:4 Jas 4:5,6

10 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;

Therefore The allegory and its interpretation are here combined; and the Assyrian monarch, though already destroyed, is poetically addressed.

Because Mt 23:12

and his Eze 31:14 28:17 2Ch 25:19 32:25 Job 11:11,12 Pr 16:18 18:12 Isa 14:13-15 Da 4:30 5:20 Ob 1:3 Jas 4:6

11 I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.

delivered Eze 11:9 21:31 23:28 Jud 16:23 1Ti 1:20

the mighty. Nebuchadnezzar, the subverter of the Assyrian empire Eze 32:11,12 Jer 25:9 Da 5:18,19

he shall surely deal with him [heb] in doing he shall do unto him Jud 1:7 Mt 7:1,2 Jas 2:13

I have driven Le 18:24-28 20:22,23 De 18:12 La 1:21 Na 3:18

12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

strangers Eze 28:7 30:11 Hab 1:6,11

upon Eze 32:4,5 35:5,8 39:4 Isa 34:5-7

gone Da 4:12-14 Na 3:17,18 Re 17:16

13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:

Eze 29:5 32:1 Isa 18:6 Re 19:17,18

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.

the end De 13:11 21:21 Ne 13:18 Da 4:32 5:22,23 1Co 10:11 2Pe 2:6

stand up in their height. or, stand upon themselves for their height.

delivered Ps 82:7 Heb 9:27

the nether Eze 32:18-32 Ps 63:9,10

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.

I caused a. The deep and all the mighty rivers which cherished this fair tree are here described as mourning his downfall: they stop their usual courses to bewail his fate, and Lebanon with all its stately trees, (his confederated and allies,) sympathise with him in his misfortunes. Na 2:8-10 Re 18:9-11,18,19

mourn [heb] be black Mal 3:4

16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

made Eze 26:10,15 27:28 Na 2:3 Hag 2:7 Heb 12:26,27 Re 11:13 18:9

When I Eze 32:18 Isa 14:15

and all Eze 31:9,18 Isa 14:8 Hab 2:17

shall be comforted Eze 31:14 32:31 Isa 14:15

17 They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.

went Eze 32:20-30 Ps 9:17 Isa 14:9

that were Eze 30:6-8,21-25 Ne 3:17,18

dwelt Eze 31:3,6 32:31 La 4:20 Da 4:11,12 Mr 4:32

18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

To whom Pharaoh is here called upon to look in his mirror, and see the termination of his glory and greatness.

art thou Eze 31:2 32:19

with the Eze 31:9,16

thou shalt Eze 28:10 32:10,19,21,24 1Sa 17:26,36 2Sa 1:20 Jer 9:25,26

This is That is, the judgment that befell the king of Assyria, is an exact representation of the destruction that remains for Pharaoh and all his people. 2Ch 28:22 Ps 52:7 Mt 13:19 26:26-28 1Co 10:14