Ezekiel 31:4

2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude:
^a‘Whom are you like in your greatness?

3 ^aIndeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon,
With fine branches that shaded the forest,
And of high stature;
And its top was among the thick boughs.

4 ^aThe waters made it grow;
Underground waters gave it height,
With their rivers running around the place where it was planted,
And sent out¹ rivulets to all the trees of the field.

5 ‘Therefore ^aits height was exalted above all the trees of the field;
Its boughs were multiplied,
And its branches became long because of the abundance of water,
As it sent them out.

6 All the ^abirds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs;
Under its branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young;
And in its shadow all great nations¹ made their home.

7 ‘Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the length of its branches,
Because its roots reached to abundant waters.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Ezekiel 31:4

The waters made him great - Alluding to the fertility of Egypt by the overflowing of the Nile. But waters often mean peoples. By means of the different nations under the Egyptians, that government became very opulent. These nations are represented as fowls and beasts, taking shelter under the protection of this great political Egyptian tree, Ezekiel 31:6.

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