Ezekiel 31:10
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What does Ezekiel 31:10 mean?
Therefore thus saith the Lord God
Having described the greatness of the Assyrian monarch; now
follows the account of his fall, and the cause of it, pride:
because thou hast lifted up thyself in height;
this is either an address to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who, though
he did not rise up so high as the Assyrian monarch in glory and
grandeur; yet he lifted up himself, and thought himself superior
to any; which reason he must be brought down: or the words are
directed to the Assyrian monarch, by a change of person frequent
in Scripture; who, though he was raised by the Lord to the height
of honour and dignity he was, yet ascribed it to himself:
and he hath shot up his top among the thick
boughs;
the multitude of provinces over which he became head and
governor; (See Gill on Ezekiel
31:3): and his heart is lifted up in his
height;
with pride, insolence, and contempt of God and men; of which see
the instances in ( Isaiah
10:8-15 ) ( 36:18-20
) ( 37:10-13
) .
