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1 | Important about Ezekiel 31 chapter | Ezek 31:6 | tjkathiresan | 81755 | ||
Greeting Tim Moran you are not specified about the Eden here. see Ezekiel 31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him why eden is specified here ? why should envied him come here ? did u notice the same type of word are coming in 14:8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. 14:9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. can u explain them by verse by verse with scriptures.did they are written literally or did they have some significance or secret.it is a prophetic book. |
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2 | Important about Ezekiel 31 chapter | Ezek 31:6 | Morant61 | 81761 | ||
Greetings Tjkathiresan! The 'Garden of God' or 'Eden' is used in a general sense in the Old Testament of a state of blessing, especially when it concerns nations. For instance, 1) Gen. 13:1 - "Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)" 2) Is. 51:3 - "The LORD will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing." 3) Ez. 36:35 - "They will say, 'This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden; the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now fortified and inhabited.'" So, Ez. 36:8-9 is simply saying of Assyria that no nation, no matter how blessed, could compare to Assyria and that all nations envied Assyria. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | Important about Ezekiel 31 chapter | Ezek 31:6 | tjkathiresan | 81784 | ||
Greeting Tim Moran ! see the verses u have specified and i have specified.by seeing these verses carefully u will come to know onething. Ezekiel 31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him in this verse it says " ALL THE TREES OF EDEN" it doesn't say like other verses u specified as "LIKE the garden of Eden " . it says "ALL THE TREES OF EDEN" .it doesn't say like.read it carefully once again |
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4 | Important about Ezekiel 31 chapter | Ezek 31:6 | Morant61 | 81801 | ||
Greetings! I was under the impression, based upon your original question, that you were seeking more information about this passage. Yet, you seem to be promoting a particular position rather than simply seeking information. So, if you have a point you would like to make, make it! :-) As I have already pointed out, my understanding of the passage is quite simple. The tree being discussed represents the nation of Assyria. The other trees represent other nations who are jealous of Assyria's great power and wealth. Yet, Assyria was judged. This is given as a warning to Egypt, who like Assyria, trusts in it's own power. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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5 | Important about Ezekiel 31 chapter | Ezek 31:6 | winstonchurchill | 81815 | ||
I definitely agree with Tim. There is a great danger in trying to read a clearly allegorical statement in a very literal fashion ("... it doesn't say 'like'..."). As opposed to a simile, an allegory never says "like", but it is clearly not intended to be literal. How do we know that Ezekiel is being allegorical here? First a nation (Assyria) is said to be a tree ("Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon"). Now, we know it was not physically a tree, therefore we know that the author intended to convey that it was "like" a tree. Similarly, when the author says that Assyria was "higher" than all the others ("... its height was loftier than all the trees of the field...")we know he is not referring to topography. He is carrying on his allegorical description (i.e. it is 'like' a tree which is loftier than all the others). So, when the author brings forth another allegorical comparison ("all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, were jealous of it"), we have no evidentiary basis to abandon the allegory and immediately begin to take it as a didactic or declarative statement. How do we know that he intnded this particular statement allegorically? Because trees are never jealous of one another -- only humans or human institutions (i.e. states) are jealous. Much of the embarassing misinterpretation of the Bible which occurs today comes from failing to respect the context of the Word God has given us. |
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6 | Important about Ezekiel 31 chapter | Ezek 31:6 | Morant61 | 81818 | ||
Greetings! Well said! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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