to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up on their height, [even] all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
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Assyria’s fall (Ezekiel 31:11).
More accurately: Therefore I will deliver him, etc. ... he shall surely deal with him. I hav…

Stand up in their height.— The original is more closely followed by the margin, stand upon themselves for their height, a…

To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt
themselves for their height

The king of Egypt resembled the king of Assyria in his greatness: here we see he also resembles him in his pride. And he shall resemble him in his …
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes