Ezekiel 31:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Made

All the trees

Zechariah 11:2

Envied

Bible References

Made

And a name went out for you among the nations because of your beauty, for it [was] perfect because of my majesty that I bestowed on you,' {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

But for the sake of this I have caused you to stand--for the sake of showing you my strength and in order to proclaim my name in all the earth.

For [it is] not from [the] east or [the] west and not from [the] south [that] lifting up [comes],

And he changes the times and the seasons, and he deposes kings and he sets up kings; he gives wisdom to wise men and knowledge to [men who] know understanding.

--it is you, O king, who have grown [great] and you have grown strong, and [so] your greatness has increased and it has reached to heaven and your sovereignty to the end of the earth.

But {when} his heart became arrogant and his spirit became hard [so as] to act proudly, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom and the glory {was taken away from him}.

All the trees

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'And I will take, [even] I, from the treetop of the high cedar, and I will plant [it], from the head of its new plant shoot I will pluck a tender one, and I will plant [it], [even] I, on a high and lofty mountain.

"The trees went certainly, to anoint a king over themselves. And they said to the olive tree, 'Rule over us.'

Let [the] field with all that [is] in it exult. Then all [the] trees of [the] forests will sing for joy

For you shall go out in joy, and you shall be led in peace. The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you, rejoicing and all the trees of the field shall clap hands.

Wail, O juniper, for [the] cedar has fallen, for [the] magnificent [trees] are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the impenetrable forest has come down!

Envied

And he possessed sheep and cattle and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him.

And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter [in mind].

but when Saul saw that he [was] very successful, {he was severely threatened by him}.

Cruel [is] wrath and overwhelming [is] anger, but who will stand before jealousy?

I also realized that all [of the] toil and all [of] the skillful work that is done--it [is] envy between one man and {another}. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!

Or do you think that in vain the scripture says, "The spirit which he caused to dwell in us desires jealously"?