Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Ezekiel 31:3

He illustrates the pride and the consequent overthrow of the Assyrian, that Egypt may the better know what she must expect.

cedar in Lebanon—often eighty feet high, and the diameter of the space covered by its boughs still greater: the symmetry perfect. Compare the similar image (Ezekiel 17:3; Daniel 4:20-22).

with a shadowing shroud—with an overshadowing thicket.

top . . . among . . . thick boughs—rather [HENGSTENBERG], "among the clouds." But English Version agrees better with the Hebrew. The top, or topmost shoot, represents the king; the thick boughs, the large resources of the empire.

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 31:3:

Song of Solomon 5:15
Isaiah 10:34
Ezekiel 17:3
Ezekiel 19:11
Daniel 4:10

 

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