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Ezekiel 31

Ezek. 31:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, the Assyrian
'Ashshuwr (Hebrew #804)
apparently from 833 (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
KJV usage: Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See 838.
Pronounce: ash-shoor'
Origin: or iAshshur {ash-shoor'}
was a cedar
'erez (Hebrew #730)
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
KJV usage: cedar (tree).
Pronounce: eh-rez'
Origin: from 729
o in Lebanon
Lbanown (Hebrew #3844)
(the) white mountain (from its snow); Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
KJV usage: Lebanon.
Pronounce: leb-aw-nohn'
Origin: from 3825
ηwith fair
yapheh (Hebrew #3303)
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.
Pronounce: yaw-feh'
Origin: from 3302
branches
`anaph (Hebrew #6057)
a twig (as covering the limbs)
KJV usage: bough, branch.
Pronounce: aw-nawf'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to cover
, and with a shadowing
tsalal (Hebrew #6751)
to shade, as twilight or an opaque object
KJV usage: begin to be dark, shadowing.
Pronounce: tsaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 6749 through the idea of hovering over (compare 6754))
shroud
choresh (Hebrew #2793)
a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric)
KJV usage: bough, forest, shroud, wood.
Pronounce: kho'-resh
Origin: from 2790
, and of an high
gabahh (Hebrew #1362)
lofty (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: high, proud.
Pronounce: gaw-bawh'
Origin: from 1361
stature
qowmah (Hebrew #6967)
height
KJV usage: X along, height, high, stature, tall.
Pronounce: ko-maw'
Origin: from 6965
; and his top
tsammereth (Hebrew #6788)
fleeciness, i.e. foliage
KJV usage: highest branch, top.
Pronounce: tsam-meh'-reth
Origin: from the same as 6785
was among the thick boughs
`aboth (Hebrew #5688)
or (feminine) tabothah {ab- oth-aw'}; the same as 5687; something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage
KJV usage: band, cord, rope, thick bough (branch), wreathen (chain).
Pronounce: ab-oth'
Origin: or rabowth {ab-oth'}
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Dan. 4:20‑22• 20The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
 21Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
 22It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. (Dan. 4:20‑22)
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fair of branches.

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Assyrian,
Cedar,
Lebanon,
Shroud

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the Assyrian.
Nah. 3:1‑19• 1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
 2The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
 3The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
 4Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
 5Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will show the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
 6And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
 7And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
 8Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
 9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
 10Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
 11Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
 12All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
 13Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
 14Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brickkiln.
 15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
 16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
 17Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
 18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
 19There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? (Nah. 3:1‑19)
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Zeph. 2:13• 13And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. (Zeph. 2:13)
a cedar.
Ezek. 17:3‑4,22• 3And say, Thus saith the Lord God; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
 4He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
 22Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: (Ezek. 17:3‑4,22)
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Isa. 10:33‑34• 33Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
 34And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. (Isa. 10:33‑34)
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Isa. 37:24• 24By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. (Isa. 37:24)
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Dan. 4:10,20‑23• 10Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.
 20The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
 21Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
 22It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
 23And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him; (Dan. 4:10,20‑23)
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Zech. 11:2• 2Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down. (Zech. 11:2)
with fair branches.
Heb. fair of branches.
of an high.
Ezek. 31:6• 6All 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. (Ezek. 31:6)
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Judg. 9:15• 15And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. (Judg. 9:15)
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Dan. 4:12• 12The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. (Dan. 4:12)
• As the cedar of Lebanon among the trees, for tallness, size, and extent of shade, as well as beauty, so had the Assyrian been among the nations. God had grudged nothing that could adorn or aggrandize Nineveh or the people of whom it was the capital, yea, gave it to exercise enormous outreaching power and influence over countries round about, so as to be envied by all. (“Notes on Ezekiel 31” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature: and his top was amidst the thick boughsa.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "clouds." so vers. 10,14; ch. 19.11.