Yǐsījiēshū 31:2

2 Rénzǐ a , nǐ yào xiàng Āijí wáng fǎlǎo hé tāde zhòngrén shuō , zaì wēi shì shang shuí néng yǔ nǐ xiāng bǐ ne .

Yǐsījiēshū 31:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 31:2

Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt
To Pharaohhophra, the then reigning king; not to him personally by word of mouth, for the prophet was now in Chaldea; but by delivering out a prophecy concerning him, and which he might have an opportunity of sending to him: and to his multitude;
the multitude of his subjects, of which he boasted, and in whom he trusted: whom art thou like in thy greatness?
look over all the records of time, and into all the empires, kingdoms, and states that have been; draw a comparison between thyself and the greatest potentate that ever was; fancy thyself to be equal to him; this will not secure thee from ruin and destruction; for as they have been humbled, and are fallen, so wilt thou be: pitch for instance on the Assyrian monarch, whose empire has been the most ancient, extensive, and flourishing, and yet now crushed; and as thou art like him in greatness, at least thou thinkest so, so thou art in pride, and wilt be in thine end; to assure of which is the drift of the following account of the king of Assyria.

Yǐsījiēshū 31:2 In-Context

1 Shí yī nián sān yuè chū yī rì , Yēhéhuá de huà líndào wǒ shuō ,

2 Rénzǐ a , nǐ yào xiàng Āijí wáng fǎlǎo hé tāde zhòngrén shuō , zaì wēi shì shang shuí néng yǔ nǐ xiāng bǐ ne .

3 Yàshù wáng céng rú Lìbānèn zhōng de xiāng bǎi shù , zhī tiaó róng mĕi , yǐng mì rú lín , jíqí gāo dà , shù jiān chārù yún zhōng .

4 Zhòng shuǐ shǐ tā shēng zhǎng . shēn shuǐ shǐ tā zhǎngdà . suǒ zāi zhī dì yǒu jiāng hé wéi liú , chà chū de shuǐ dào yán dào tiānyĕ zhū shù .

5 Suǒyǐ tā gāo dà chāo guō tiānyĕ zhū shù . fā wàng de shíhou , zhīzǐ fán duō , yīn dé dà shuǐ zhī lì zhī tiàozhǎng zhǎng .