Ezekiel 31:9

9 Je l'avais rendu beau par la multitude de ses branches, et tous les arbres d'Éden, qui étaient au jardin de Dieu, lui portaient envie.

Ezekiel 31:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 31:9

I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches
Or provinces, the extensiveness of his dominions: all his power and strength, riches and wealth, grandeur and glory, and the vast dominions he was possessed of, were all from the Lord; as whatever kings have are, though they are too apt to ascribe it to themselves; but all are from him, by whom kings reign: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied
him;
all the kings of the earth, though they dared not openly speak against him, or oppose him; yet they inwardly grieved at and secretly grudged his grandeur and majesty, superior to theirs, and wished themselves in his stead; and could gladly have done anything, were it in their power, to eclipse his glory, and bring him lower. This is the case of all that are in any eminence, or are conspicuous to others, or in any exalted station above others, be it what it will; whether they have superior gifts and endowments of mind; or greater riches, and larger possessions; or are in high places of honour, trust, and profit. The Targum is,

``I have made him beautiful by the multitude of his mighty ones; and all the kings of the east trembled before him, because of the strength of his power, which he had from the Lord.''

Ezekiel 31:9 In-Context

7 Il était beau dans sa grandeur et par l'étendue de ses branches; car ses racines plongeaient dans des eaux abondantes.

8 Les cèdres du jardin de Dieu ne lui ôtaient rien de son lustre; les cyprès n'égalaient point ses branches, et les platanes n'étaient point semblables à ses rameaux; aucun arbre du jardin de Dieu n'égalait sa beauté.

9 Je l'avais rendu beau par la multitude de ses branches, et tous les arbres d'Éden, qui étaient au jardin de Dieu, lui portaient envie.

10 C'est pourquoi, ainsi a dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel: Parce qu'il s'est élevé en hauteur, qu'il a produit une cime touffue, et que son cœur s'est enorgueilli de sa grandeur,

11 Je l'ai livré entre les mains du puissant des nations, qui les traitera comme il fallait: je l'ai chassé à cause de ses crimes.