Ezekiel 31:11
in Ezekiel 31I delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
I will even deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with him; I have driven him out for his wickedness.
KJV
I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
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This verse in Ezekiel 31
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe 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 the note on Eze 31:3.
This site's exposition
lifted up thyself in height
on Ezekiel 31:10-11
The charge is named without ornament, because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and judgment follows on that ground alone. The Lord delivers him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen, which Henry and Keil both identify as the Babylonian power that in fact ended Assyria's empire, so the allegory rests on remembered history rather than invention. The verdict falls on pride specifically, not on strength itself, a distinction the commentators mark because Egypt's own strength is about to meet the same test.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
on Ezekiel 31:11-17
He must leave the king of Egypt to apply all this to himself, to see his own face in the looking-glass of the king of Assyria's sin, and to foresee his own fall through the perspective glass of his ruin,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Here the literal supersedes the figurative. shall surely deal with him--according to his own pleasure, and according to the Assyrian's (Sardanapalus) desert. Nebuchadnezzar is called "the mighty one" (El, a name of God), because he was God's representative and instrument of judgment (Da 2:37, 38).
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
into the hands of the strongest of nations into the hands of the harshest of nations; I gave him into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, as the master said (Seder Olam, ch.; Meg. 11b; Arachin 12a): In his first year, he conquered Nineveh.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Because you grew haughty with your height So I said to Assyria.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶ֨תְּנֵ֔הוּ | veetenehu | and I will give it | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בְּיַ֖ד | beyad | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֵ֣יל | ʾeil | a leader of | H352 → | 187 times |
| גּוֹיִ֑ם | goyim | nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| עָשׂ֤וֹ | aso | certainly <to do> | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יַֽעֲשֶׂה֙ | yaaseh | he will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | to it | ||
| כְּרִשְׁע֖וֹ | kerisho | according to wickedness its | H7562 → | 30 times |
| גֵּרַשְׁתִּֽהוּ׃ | gerashtihu | I drove out it | H1644 → |
וְאֶ֨תְּנֵ֔הוּand I will give it
veetenehuH5414 →2011 times
בְּיַ֖דin [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
אֵ֣ילa leader of
ʾeilH352 →187 times
גּוֹיִ֑םnations
goyimH1471 →561 times
עָשׂ֤וֹcertainly <to do>
asoH6213 →2628 times
יַֽעֲשֶׂה֙he will do
yaasehH6213 →2628 times
ל֔וֹto it
lo
כְּרִשְׁע֖וֹaccording to wickedness its
kerishoH7562 →30 times
גֵּרַשְׁתִּֽהוּ׃I drove out it
gerashtihuH1644 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Timothy 1:20Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 5:4–5
When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,
- 2 Timothy 2:17
and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
- 1 Corinthians 11:32
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:15
Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
- Revelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- 1 Corinthians 5:4–5
Through
Deuteronomy 18:12For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.
it leads to
- Leviticus 18:24
Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
- Deuteronomy 9:4
When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD…
- Leviticus 18:24
Through
Nahum 3:18O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 22:17
So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
- 1 Kings 22:17
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.