Hesekiel 31:4

4 Die Wasser machten, daß er groß ward, und die Tiefe, daß er hoch wuchs. Ihre Ströme gingen rings um seinen Stamm her und ihre Bäche zu allen Bäumen im Felde.

Hesekiel 31:4 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 31:4

The waters made him great
The waters of the river Tigris, near to which stood the city of Nineveh, the metropolis of the Assyrian monarchy; the traffic brought by which river made it rich and great, and the whole empire, and the king of it: the deep set him up on high, with her rivers running round about his
plants;
the vast trade by sea, the profits and commodities of which were conveyed through various rivers, which ran about the provinces of the empire, which were as plants in a field; and by which they were enriched, and the whole empire, and the king of it, were raised to a prodigious pitch of wealth and power: and sent out little rivers to all the trees of the field;
so that the common people, comparable to the trees of the field for their number and usefulness, all received profit and advantage hereby: or else by waters and the deep may be meant the multitude of people, as in ( Revelation 17:15 ) , which increased his kingdom, filled his provinces, supplied his colonies, and enlarged his power and riches. The Targum is,

``by the people he was multiplied; by his auxiliaries he became strong; he subjected kings under his government; and his governors he appointed over all the provinces of the earth.''

Hesekiel 31:4 In-Context

2 Du Menschenkind, sage zu Pharao, dem König von Ägypten, und zu allem seinem Volk: Wem meinst du denn, daß du gleich seist in deiner Herrlichkeit?

3 Siehe, Assur war wie ein Zedernbaum auf dem Libanon, von schönen Ästen und dick von Laub und sehr hoch, daß sein Wipfel hoch stand unter großen, dichten Zweigen.

4 Die Wasser machten, daß er groß ward, und die Tiefe, daß er hoch wuchs. Ihre Ströme gingen rings um seinen Stamm her und ihre Bäche zu allen Bäumen im Felde.

5 Darum ist er höher geworden als alle Bäume im Felde und kriegte viel Äste und lange Zweige; denn er hatte Wasser genug, sich auszubreiten.

6 Alle Vögel des Himmels nisteten auf seinen Ästen, und alle Tiere im Felde hatten Junge unter seinen Zweigen; und unter seinem Schatten wohnten alle großen Völker.