Ezekiel 31:13 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 31:13

All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Upon his ruin all the birds of the heavens shall dwell, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches;

KJV

Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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,

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
מַפַּלְתּ֥וֹ	ma.pal.To	fallen trunk its	H4658 →
יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ	yish.ke.Nu	they dwelt	H7931 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
ע֣וֹף	of	<the> bird of	H5775 →
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	ha.sha.Ma.yim	the heavens	H8064 →
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
פֹּארֹתָ֣יו	po.ro.Tav	branches its	H6288 →
הָי֔וּ	ha.Yu	they came	H1961 →
כֹּ֖ל	kol	every	H3605 →
חַיַּ֥ת	chai.Yat	<the> animal of	H2416 →
הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃	ha.sa.Deh	the field	H7704 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 29:5
I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have…
leads to
- Ezekiel 32:4–6
  I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 8:2
  They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried,…
- Jeremiah 34:20
  I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
Through
Isaiah 18:6
They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.
leads to
- Jeremiah 7:33
  The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 39:17–20
  And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all…
Through
Ezekiel 32:4
I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth…
leads to
- Revelation 19:17–18
  Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 18:6
  They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.
- Ezekiel 31:12–13
  Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And…

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Ezekiel

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Ezekiel