Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 19:11
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Ezekiel19:11
11 And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that bear rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
Many excellent persons endowed with qualifications befitting Kings, that they might sway the Scepter, and rule the People with equity.
The grandure of the Kings and Kingdom.
Exalted above the ordinary majesty of other Kingdomes.
The goodly Cedars and their thick branches, i. e. This Kingdom equaled, if not excelled, the greatest neighbour Kingdoms, and her Kings as David, Solomon, &c. exceeded all their neighbour Kings, in Riches and Power.
Like a mighty Tree, that over tops all the forest, so did this goodly Kingdom over all Kingdomes, and it was seen and noted according to Gods promise that it should be the head, and not the tail, and to that Deut. 4.6, 7, 8.
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