Ezekiel - 31:2



2 Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom are you like in your greatness?

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 31:2.

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Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Son of man, speak to Pharao king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his people; Whom are you like in your great power?
"Son of man, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom can you be compared in your greatness?

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou (b) like in thy greatness?
(b) Meaning that he was not the same in strength to the king of the Assyrians whom the Babylonians overcame.

Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt,.... To Pharaohhophra, the then reigning king; not to him personally by word of mouth, for the prophet was now in Chaldea; but by delivering out a prophecy concerning him, and which he might have an opportunity of sending to him:
and to his multitude; the multitude of his subjects, of which he boasted, and in whom he trusted:
whom art thou like in thy greatness? look over all the records of time, and into all the empires, kingdoms, and states that have been; draw a comparison between thyself and the greatest potentate that ever was; fancy thyself to be equal to him; this will not secure thee from ruin and destruction; for as they have been humbled, and are fallen, so wilt thou be: pitch for instance on the Assyrian monarch, whose empire has been the most ancient, extensive, and flourishing, and yet now crushed; and as thou art like him in greatness, at least thou thinkest so, so thou art in pride, and wilt be in thine end; to assure of which is the drift of the following account of the king of Assyria.

Whom art thou like--The answer is, Thou art like the haughty king of Assyria; as he was overthrown by the Chaldeans, so shalt thou be by the same.

His multitude - His numerous subjects.

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