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Ezechiele 31:2

Listen to Ezechiele 31:2
2 Figliuol d’uomo, di’ a Faraone, re di Egitto, ed alla sua moltitudine: A chi sei tu simile nella tua grandezza?

Ezechiele 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.

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Ezechiele 31:2 In-Context

1 AVVENNE, eziandio, nell’anno undecimo, nel primo giorno del terzo mese, che la parola del Signore mi fu indirizzata, dicendo:
2 Figliuol d’uomo, di’ a Faraone, re di Egitto, ed alla sua moltitudine: A chi sei tu simile nella tua grandezza?
3 Ecco l’Assirio; egli era un cedro nel Libano, bello di frondi, ed ombroso di rami, e alto di tronco; e la sua cima era fra rami folti.
4 Le acque l’aveano fatto crescere, l’abisso l’avea fatto divenir alto; esso, co’ suoi fiumi, andava d’intorno alla sua pianta, e rimandava i suoi condotti a tutti gli alberi della campagna.
5 Perciò, la sua altezza si era elevata sopra tutti gli alberi della campagna, ed i suoi rami erano moltiplicati, e i suoi ramoscelli si erano allungati, per la copia delle acque, che l’aveano adacquato, mentre metteva.
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