Ezekiel 31:8

8 Les cèdres du jardin de Dieu ne le surpassaient point, Les cyprès n'égalaient point ses branches, Et les platanes n'étaient point comme ses rameaux; Aucun arbre du jardin de Dieu ne lui était comparable en beauté.

Ezekiel 31:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 31:8

The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him
That is, could not rise so high as this cedar, and overtop him, and obscure his glory; even those that were most excellent, which grew in Eden, near to which Babylon stood, and where a mighty king dwelt. The sense is, that the greatest kings and potentates in the whole world, which is like a garden planted by the Lord, were not equal to the king of Assyria, and much less exceeded him in grandeur, wealth, and power: the fir trees were not like his boughs:
lesser kings and princes, comparable to fir trees for the beauty, regularity, order, and flourishing condition of their kingdoms; yet these were but petty states, and not to be compared even with the provinces of the king of Assyria: and the chesnut trees were not like his branches;
lesser states still: which, though well set, and well spread, and full of people, yet not answerable to some countries that were in the provinces that belonged to the Assyrian empire: not any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty;
no king, prince, or potentate whatever in the whole world, was to be compared to him for royal majesty and greatness. The Targum is,

``mighty kings could not prevail against him, because of the strength of his power, which he had from the Lord; rulers could not stand before his army, and mighty men could not prevail against his auxiliaries, because of the strength of power he had from the Lord; there is none like to him in his strength.''

Ezekiel 31:8 In-Context

6 Tous les oiseaux du ciel nichaient dans ses branches, Toutes les bêtes des champs faisaient leurs petits sous ses rameaux, Et de nombreuses nations habitaient toutes à son ombre.

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

8 Les cèdres du jardin de Dieu ne le surpassaient point, Les cyprès n'égalaient point ses branches, Et les platanes n'étaient point comme ses rameaux; Aucun arbre du jardin de Dieu ne lui était comparable en beauté.

9 Je l'avais embelli par la multitude de ses branches, Et tous les arbres d'Eden, dans le jardin de Dieu, lui portaient envie.

10 C'est pourquoi ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Eternel: Parce qu'il avait une tige élevée, Parce qu'il lançait sa cime au milieu d'épais rameaux, Et que son coeur était fier de sa hauteur,