Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Ezekiel 31:5

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his height: The Assyrian king, to whom Pharaoh is compared, from his great power, extensive dominion, and the protection he afforded, resembled the spreading branches, thick shade, and high stature of a flourishing cedar on mount Lebanon. The fruitful lands of Assyria; the immense revenues he drew from vast multitudes in his extensive territories; his lucrative commerce, by the river Tigris, with the countries on the Indian ocean; and all the various sources of his wealth and prosperity, resembled the rivers and streams which cause the trees planted by them to grow and flourish exceedingly; and hence the empire and its head were exalted above all the kingdoms of the earth. Psa 37:35, Psa 37:36; Isa 10:8-14, Isa 36:4, Isa 36:18, Isa 36:19, Isa 37:11-13; Dan 4:11 he shot forth: or, it sent them forth Ezekiel 31:6

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