Eze 31:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. cedars ... could not hide him-- could not outtop him. No other king eclipsed him. were not like-- were not comparable to. garden of God-- As in the case of Tyre ( ), the imagery, that is applied to the Assyrian king, is taken from Eden; peculiarly appropriate, as Eden was watered by rivers that afterwards watered Assyria ( ). This cedar seemed to revive in itself all the glories of paradise, so that no tree there outtopped it.

‏ Ezekiel 31:8

8. cedars ... could not hide him--could not outtop him. No other king eclipsed him.

were not like--were not comparable to.

garden of God--As in the case of Tyre (Eze 28:13), the imagery, that is applied to the Assyrian king, is taken from Eden; peculiarly appropriate, as Eden was watered by rivers that afterwards watered Assyria (Ge 2:10-14). This cedar seemed to revive in itself all the glories of paradise, so that no tree there outtopped it.