Eze 31:16 | JFB | STEP | 16. hell —Sheol or Hades, the unseen world: equivalent to, "I cast him into oblivion" (compare ). shall be comforted —because so great a king as the Assyrian is brought down to a level with them. It is a kind of consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.

Ezekiel 31:16

16. hell—Sheol or Hades, the unseen world: equivalent to, "I cast him into oblivion" (compare Isa 14:9-11).

shall be comforted—because so great a king as the Assyrian is brought down to a level with them. It is a kind of consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.