Ezekiel 31:1

“And it came to pass in the eleventh year, &c.] Of Zedekiah’s reign, and Jeconiah’s captivity: in the third month, in the first day of the month: the month Sivan, which began on the twentieth of our May, and answers to part of May, and part of June; this was about seven weeks after the former prophecy, and about five weeks before the destruction of Jerusalem; according to Bishop Usherf561, this was on the nineteenth of June, on the first day of the week, in 3416 A.M. or before Christ 588: that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying; as follows:”

“THE OVERTHROW OF EGYPT ILLUSTRATED BY THAT OF ASSYRIA. (Eze. 31:1-18) third month--two months later than the prophecy delivered in Eze 30:20.”

“In the third month - More than a month before Jerusalem was taken (compare Jeremiah 39:2). return to 'Top of Page'”

“31:1-18 Ezekiel called on the Egyptians to compare themselves to Assyria, which was like a great tree in Eden (31:9). If that tree was felled and sent down to the underworld, how did Egypt, whose glory could never compare to Assyria’s, think it could stand?”

“in the eleventh: On Sunday, June 19, am 3416, according to Usher; and about a month before the capture of Jerusalem. Eze 1:2, Eze 30:20; Jer 52:5, Jer 52:6 Ezekiel 31:2”

“The might of Pharaoh resembles the greatness and glory of Asshur. - Eze 31:1. In the eleventh year, in the third (month), on the first of the month, the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Eze 31:2. Son of man, say to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to his tumult, Whom art thou like in thy greatness? Eze 31:3. Behold, Asshur was a cedar-tree upon Lebanon, beautiful in branches, a shadowing thicket, and its top was high in growth, and among the clouds. Eze 31:4. Water brought him up, the flood made him high, its streams went round about its plantation, and it sent its channels to all the trees of the field. Eze 31:5. Therefore its growth became higher than all the trees of the field, and its…”