Ezequiel 31:15

15 “Assim diz o Soberano, o SENHOR: No dia em que ele foi baixado à sepultura,^[a] fiz o abismo encher-se de pranto por ele; estanquei os seus riachos, e a sua fartura de água foi retida. Por causa dele vesti o Líbano de trevas, e todas as árvores do campo secaram-se completamente.

Ezequiel 31:15 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 31:15

Thus saith the Lord God, in the day when he went down to the
grave
The Assyrian monarch; when his monarchy was destroyed, and he ceased to be king, and was stripped of all his majesty, power, and authority, and was as one dead, and laid in the grave, and buried: I caused a mourning:
that is, for him, in the waters, and among the trees, among the people and the kings of the earth, as follows: I covered the deep for him;
with mourning, with thick darkness, which set him up on high ( Ezekiel 31:4 ) : and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed;
which made him great, ( Ezekiel 31:4 ) , signifying by all this that the kingdoms of the world, comparable to the sea, of which his monarchy consisted, and all the inhabitants and people of them, comparable to floods and great waters, were affected with the fall of this great monarch, and thrown into consternation by it; not knowing what the event of things would be, stood still, and knew not what course to take; all business was stopped, especially all traffic by sea, and all trade and commerce every where; a stagnation of everything for a while: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him;
where he was a cedar, ( Ezekiel 31:3 ) , this may respect the whole empire he was head of, particularly the kingdom of Syria, on the borders of which Lebanon was; and was a part of the Assyrian empire, which must mourn and be concerned at the fall of it: and all the trees of the field fainted for him:
all the kings of the earth that were in alliance with him, or subject to him, trembled for fear that their destruction would be next; or as doubtful and concerned what would be their condition, under the yoke of another. The Targum is,

``tribulation covered the world, and the provinces were forsaken, and many people trembled, and all the kings of the people smote the shoulder because of him.''

Ezequiel 31:15 In-Context

13 Todas as aves do céu se instalaram na árvore caída, e todos os animais do campo se abrigaram em seus galhos.

14 Por isso nenhuma outra árvore junto às águas chegará a erguer-se orgulhosamente tão alto, alçando o seu topo acima da folhagem espessa. Nenhuma outra árvore igualmente bem regada chegará a essa altura; estão todas destinadas à morte, e irão para debaixo da terra, entre os homens mortais, com os que descem à cova.

15 “Assim diz o Soberano, o SENHOR: No dia em que ele foi baixado à sepultura, fiz o abismo encher-se de pranto por ele; estanquei os seus riachos, e a sua fartura de água foi retida. Por causa dele vesti o Líbano de trevas, e todas as árvores do campo secaram-se completamente.

16 Fiz as nações tremerem ao som da sua queda, quando o fiz descer à sepultura com os que descem à cova. Então todas as árvores do Éden, as mais belas e melhores do Líbano, todas as árvores bem regadas, consolavam-se embaixo da terra.

17 Todos os que viviam à sombra dele, seus aliados entre as nações, também haviam descido com ele à sepultura, juntando-se aos que foram mortos à espada.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebraico: "Sheol. " Essa palavra também pode ser traduzida por "profundezas, pó " ou "morte; " também nos versículos 16 e 17.