Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 31:16
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Ezekiel31:16
16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell, with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water , shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
All that heard the noise of his fall trembled at it, 'twas, as God intended it should be, an astonishment to them all.
Brought the King, and Kingdom, as a dead man to the grave among them, that before were dead, and buried.
All Kings, and particularly the greatest, and richest called here the choice, and best of Lebanon.
Did enjoy great Power, Riches, and worldly Glory.
'Tis a Prosopopaeia, and he speaks of the dead with allusion to the manner of the living, who rejoice to see the proud brought, as low as the lowest, thus the Prophet, Isa. 14.9, 10.
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