Ezekiel 31:16 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 31:16

I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.

BSB

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ASV

I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with them that descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

KJV

I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

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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,

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מִקּ֤וֹל	mi.Kol	from [the] sound of	H6963 →
מַפַּלְתּוֹ֙	ma.pal.To	downfall its	H4658 →
הִרְעַ֣שְׁתִּי	hir.'Ash.ti	I caused to tremble	H7493 →
גוֹיִ֔ם	go.Yim	nations	H1471 →
בְּהוֹרִדִ֥י	be.ho.ri.Di	when brought down I	H3381 →
אֹת֛וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> it	H853 →
שְׁא֖וֹלָה	she.'o.lah	Sheol towards	H7585 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
י֣וֹרְדֵי	Yor.dei	[those who] go down of	H3381 →
ב֑וֹר	Vor	[the] pit	H953 →
וַיִּנָּ֨חֲמ֜וּ	vai.yi.Na.cha.Mu	and they were comforted	H5162 →
בְּאֶ֤רֶץ	be.'E.retz	in [the] earth	H776 →
תַּחְתִּית֙	tach.Tit	lowest	H8482 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
עֲצֵי־	'a.tzei-	[the] trees of	H6086 →
עֵ֔דֶן	'E.den	Eden	H5731 →
מִבְחַ֥ר	miv.Char	[the] choicest	H4005 →
וְטוֹב־	ve.tov-	and [the] good of	H2896 →
לְבָנ֖וֹן	le.va.Non	Lebanon	H3844 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
שֹׁ֥תֵי	Sho.tei	drinkers of	H8354 →
מָֽיִם׃	Ma.yim	water	H4325 →

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

The walk8

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
Isaiah 14:15
But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
leads to
- Matthew 11:23
  And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would…
- Acts 12:22–23
  And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
- Ezekiel 32:23
  Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land…
Through
Habakkuk 2:17
For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
leads to
- Habakkuk 2:8
  Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
- Psalms 55:23
  But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
- Zechariah 11:1
  Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!
Through
Ezekiel 26:15
This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?
leads to
- Ezekiel 27:35
  All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.
- Jeremiah 49:21
  At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.