John Trapp on Ezekiel 31:12

Ver. 12. And ſtrangers have cut him off] The greatet wealth, the greater ſpoil awaiteth a man: as each one deſireth to lop the tree that hath thick and large boughs and branches.

And his boughs are broken] i. e. His Vaſals, homagers, and auxiliaries.

And all the people of the earth] Who once ſheltered under his ſhadow. But the rule is, Arbor honoretur cujus nos umbra tuetur.

And have left him] And joyned themſelves to the Babylonian.

Sic cum fortuna ſtatque caditque fides.Ovid.