Ezekiel 31:11

Ezekiel 31:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
• New International Version (NIV)I gave it into the hands of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside,
• New King James Version (NKJV)therefore I will deliver it into the hand of the mighty one of the nations, and he shall surely deal with it; I have driven it out for its wickedness.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will hand it over to a mighty nation that will destroy it as its wickedness deserves. I have already discarded it.

Context of Ezekiel 31:11

9I made it beautiful in the mass of its branches, and all the trees of Eden envied it, that were in the garden of God. 10"Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because it towered high and set its top among the clouds, and its heart was proud of its height, I will give it into the hand of a mighty one of the nations. He shall surely deal with it as its wickedness deserves. I have cast it out. 12Foreigners, the most ruthless of nations, have cut it down and left it. On the mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land, and all the peoples of the earth have gone away from its shadow and left it. 13On its fallen trunk dwell all the birds of the heavens, and on its branches are all the beasts of the field.

Ezekiel 31:11 word by word

וְאֶ֨תְּנֵ֔הוּ בְּיַ֖ד אֵ֣יל גּוֹיִ֑ם עָשׂ֤וֹ יַֽעֲשֶׂה֙ ל֔וֹ כְּרִשְׁע֖וֹ גֵּרַשְׁתִּֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I have therefore deliveredנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• him into the handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of the mighty oneאֵל'êl · GodH410
• of the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• he shall surelyעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• with him: I have driven him outגָּרַשׁgârash · to drive out: drive outH1644
• for his wickednessרֶ֫שַׁעresha‛ · wickednessH7562

Cross-references for Ezekiel 31:11

• Ezekiel 11:9And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and give you into the hands of foreigners, and execute judgments upon you.
• Ezekiel 21:31And I will pour out my indignation upon you; I will blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and I will deliver you into the hands of brutish men, skillful to destroy.
• Ezekiel 23:28"For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will deliver you into the hands of those whom you hate, into the hands of those from whom you turned in disgust,
• Judges 16:23Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to rejoice, and they said, "Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand."
• 1 Timothy 1:20among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
• Ezekiel 32:11"For thus says the Lord God: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you.
• Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.
• Daniel 5:18O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty.
• Judges 1:7And Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
• Matthew 7:1"Judge not, that you be not judged.
• James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Leviticus 18:24"Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean,
• Leviticus 20:22"You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my rules and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out.
• Deuteronomy 18:12for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you.
• Lamentations 1:21"They heard my groaning, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. You have brought the day you announced; now let them be as I am.
• Nahum 3:18Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with none to gather them.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 31:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The mighty one of the heathen - Nebuchadnezzar. It is worthy of notice, that Nebuchadnezzar, in the first year of his reign, rendered himself master of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian empire. See Sedar Olam. This happened about twenty years before Ezekiel delivered this prophecy; on this account, Ashshur, Ezekiel 31:3, may relate to the Assyrians, to whom it is possible the prophet here compares the Egyptians. But see the note on Ezekiel 31:3.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-14Verses 10-14 Assyria‘s fall. Ezekiel 31:11 More accurately: Therefore I will deliver him, etc … he shall surely deal with him. I have driven him out, etc. Ezekiel 31:14 Their trees - Rather, as in the margin, “standing unto themselves” meaning “standing in their own strength.” The clause will then run thus: “Neither all that drink water stand up” in their own strength. “All that drink water” means mighty princes to whom wealth and prosperity flow in. The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 The king of Egypt resembled the king of Assyria in his greatness: here we see he resembles him in his pride. And he shall resemble him in his fall. His own sin brings his ruin. None of our comforts are ever lost, but what have been a thousand times forfeited. When great men fall, many fall with them, as many have fallen before them. The fall of proud men is for warning to others, to keep them humble. See how low Pharaoh lies; and see what all…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11Egypt forgot that God created her beauty, and she became proud and arrogant. Like Tyre, such pride would lead to a fall. The God who placed Egypt in a high position would send a powerful nation to destroy it, as its wickedness deserved. I have banished it: The human agent would only be carrying out what God had already decided.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Here the literal supersedes the figurative. shall surely deal with him--according to his own pleasure, and according to the Assyrian's (Sardanapalus) desert. Nebuchadnezzar is called "the mighty one" (El, a name of God), because he was God's representative and instrument of judgment (Da 2:37, 38).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 31:11

• Pride
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In the dictionaries

• Egypt
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• Glory
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings