Matthew Poole Commentary - Ezekiel 31:16 - 31:16

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Ezekiel 31:16 - 31:16


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To shake; all that heard the noise of his fall trembled at it, it was as God intended it should be, an astonishment to them all.



Cast him down to hell; brought the king and kingdom, as a dead man, to the grave, among them that be. fore were dead and buried.



All the trees of Eden; all kings, and particularly the greatest and richest, called here



the choice and best of Lebanon. All that drink water; did enjoy great power, riches, and worldly glory.



Shall be comforted: it is a prosopopoeia, and he speaks of the dead with allusion to the manner of the living, who rejoice to see the proud brought as low as the lowest; thus the prophet, Isa_14:9,10.