Ezekiel 31
Ezekiel 31 is the thirty-first chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. In the New King James Version, this chapter is sub-titled "Egypt Cut Down Like a Great Tree".
Text
The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 18 verses.Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis.There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus.
Verse 1
The date corresponds to June 21, 587 BCE, based on an analysis by German theologian Bernhard Lang, around 7 weeks after the proclamation against Egypt in.Verse 2
- "Son of man" : this phrase is used 93 times to address Ezekiel.
- "Pharaoh" : the title of ancient Egyptian kings, of royal court, and of the king, until the Persian invasion.
Verse 3
Assyria was a superpower which fell into the hand of the Babylonians. In the New Living Translation, Assyria "was once like a cedar of Lebanon", making it clear that the reference to Lebanon is a metaphor, not a locational statement. and that Assyria's influence in the region had now waned.Ezekiel anticipates that soon Egypt will fall likewise.
Verse 8
The "garden of God" is the garden of Eden.Jewish
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