Ezequiel 31:4

4 Los manantiales profundos lo regaban
y lo ayudaban a crecer alto y frondoso.
El agua corría a su alrededor como un río
y fluía hacia todos los árboles cercanos.

Ezequiel 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.''

Ezequiel 31:4 In-Context

2 «Hijo de hombre, dale este mensaje al faraón, rey de Egipto, y a todas sus multitudes:
»“¿Con quién compararás tu grandeza?

3 Eres como la poderosa Asiria,
que alguna vez fue como un cedro del Líbano,
con hermosas ramas que daban una intensa sombra al bosque
y su copa llegaba hasta las nubes.

4 Los manantiales profundos lo regaban
y lo ayudaban a crecer alto y frondoso.
El agua corría a su alrededor como un río
y fluía hacia todos los árboles cercanos.

5 Este gran árbol se elevaba
muy por encima de los demás árboles que lo rodeaban.
Creció y desarrolló ramas gruesas y largas
por el agua abundante que recibían sus raíces.

6 Las aves anidaban en sus ramas
y bajo su sombra parían los animales salvajes.
Todas las grandes naciones del mundo
vivían bajo su sombra.