Isaiah 37:36

the angel.

10:12,16-19,33,34; 30:30-33; 31:8; 33:10-12; Ex 12:23; 2Sa 24:16

2Ki 19:35; 1Ch 21:12,16; 2Ch 32:21,22; Ps 35:5,6; Ac 12:23

and when.

Ex 12:30; Job 20:5-7; 24:24; Ps 46:6-11; 76:5-7; 1Th 5:2,3

Ezekiel 31:3-13

the Assyrian.

Na 3:1-19; Zep 2:13

a cedar.

17:3,4,22; Isa 10:33,34; 37:24; Da 4:10,20-23; Zec 11:2

with fair branches. Heb. fair of branches. of an high.

6; Jud 9:15; Da 4:12

waters.

17:5,8; Pr 14:28; Jer 51:36; Re 17:1,15

made him great. or, nourished him. set. or, brought.little rivers. or, conduits.

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.

Ps 37:35,36; Isa 10:8-14; 36:4,18,19; 37:11-13; Da 4:11

he shot forth. or, it sent them forth.

17:23; Da 4:12,21; Mt 13:32

7

cedars.

28:13; Ge 2:8; 13:10; Ps 80:10; Isa 51:3

nor any.

Ps 37:35; Isa 10:7-14; 36:4-18; 37:11-13

made.

16:14; Ex 9:16; Ps 75:6,7; Da 2:21,37,38; 4:22-25; 5:20-23

all the trees.

17:22,24; Jud 9:8-20; Ps 96:12,13; Isa 55:12; Zec 11:2

envied.

Ge 26:14; 37:11; 1Sa 18:15; Pr 27:4; Ec 4:4; Jas 4:5,6

Therefore.The allegory and its interpretation are here combined; and the Assyrian monarch, though already destroyed, is poetically addressed.

Because.

Mt 23:12

and his.

14; 28:17; 2Ch 25:19; 32:25; Job 11:11,12; Pr 16:18; 18:12

Isa 14:13-15; Da 4:30; 5:20; Ob 1:3; Jas 4:6

delivered.

11:9; 21:31; 23:28; Jud 16:23; 1Ti 1:20

the mighty.Nebuchadnezzar, the subverter of the Assyrian empire.

32:11,12; Jer 25:9; Da 5:18,19

he shall surely deal with him. Heb. in doing he shall dounto him.

Jud 1:7; Mt 7:1,2; Jas 2:13

I have driven.

Le 18:24-28; 20:22,23; De 18:12; La 1:21; Na 3:18

strangers.

28:7; 30:11; Hab 1:6,11

upon.

32:4,5; 35:5,8; 39:4; Isa 34:5-7

gone.

Da 4:12-14; Na 3:17,18; Re 17:16

29:5; 32:4; Isa 18:6; Re 19:17,18

Ezekiel 39:4

fall.

17-20; 38:21

I will.

32:4,5; 33:27; Isa 34:2-8; Jer 15:3; Re 19:17-21

sort. Heb. wing. to be devoured. Heb. to devour.
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