Psa 80:9-11, Eze 31:3-10, Dan 4:10-14, 20-22 | TSK | STEP

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

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

Daniel 4:10-14

saw. Chal. was seeing. a tree.This represented his exceedingly prosperous condition, the height of his exaltation, the extent of his dominions and renown, the splendour of his kingdom, the multitude of his subjects who received protection from him, and the peace and plenty they enjoyed.

20-26; Ps 37:35,36; Isa 10:33,34; Jer 12:2; Eze 31:3-18

reached.

21,22; Ge 11:4; De 9:1; Mt 11:23

the beasts.

Jer 27:6,7; Eze 17:23; 31:6

shadow.

La 4:20

the fowls.

Mr 13:32; Lu 13:19

in the.

5,10; 7:1a watcher. Either a holy angel, or a divine person, called a watcher, as watching over the affairs of men.

17,23; Ps 103:20