Eze 31:3, 11-12 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 3. Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar ] Why is the Assyrian introduced here, when the whole chapter concerns Egypt ? Bp. Lowth has shown that ashshur erez should be translated the tall cedar, the very stately cedar ; hence there is reference to his lofty top ; and all the following description belongs to Egypt , not to Assyria . But see on .

‏ Ezekiel 31:3

Verse 3. Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar] Why is the Assyrian introduced here, when the whole chapter concerns Egypt? Bp. Lowth has shown that ashshur erez should be translated the tall cedar, the very stately cedar; hence there is reference to his lofty top; and all the following description belongs to Egypt, not to Assyria. But see on Eze 31:11.

‏ Ezekiel 31:11-12

Verse 11. The mighty one of the heathen] Nebuchadnezzar. It is worthy of notice, that Nebuchadnezzar, in the first year of his reign, rendered himself master of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian empire. See Sedar Olam. This happened about twenty years before Ezekiel delivered this prophecy; on this account, Ashshur, Eze 31:3, may relate to the Assyrians, to whom it is possible the prophet here compares the Egyptians. But see on Eze 31:3.