...figure of speech is used to signify the nation's obedience to the king of Assyria, Ezek. xxxi. 6. " All the fowls of heaven made their nests in- his boughs,...of the field bring forth their young, and under his ow dwelt all great nations." So also it signifies the subjection of the nations to Nebuchadnezzer ;...

...nation's obedience to the king W Assyria, Ezek. xxxi. 6. " All the fowls of heaven made their nest* in his boughs, and under his branches did all the...of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadcm• dwelt all great nations." So also it signifies the subjectioa of the nations to Nebuchadnezzer...

...running about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field,...branches became long, because of the multitude of the waters when he * The majestic appearance of the cedar, of which the following description ia extracted...

...developments gave facility to all kinds of interior ideas, for their satisfactory confirmation and increase, and " under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young." All the superior affections of the heart found shelter in the truths which made it great, under the...

...round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. 5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field,...because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. 6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts...

...round " about his plants, and sent out her little rivers to all " the trees in the field. Therefore his height was " exalted above all the trees of the field,...because of the multitude of waters when he " shot forth. — Thus was he fair in his greatness, and " in the length of his branches ; for his root was by "...

...Lebanon, exclaims, " All the fowls of heaven made their nest in his boughs, and under his branches did the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations." But assuredly neither the apostle nor the prophet intended that the reader should understand in a strictly...

...the prophet Ezekiel suggested these images to Shakspeare. " All the fowls of heaven made their nest in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young." STEEVENS. Were liken'd oft to kingly sepulchres ; For who liv'd king, but I could dig his grave ? And...

...with a shadow ing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs. — His height was exalted above all the trees of the field...young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. " In the Eightieth Psalm the kingdom of Israel is most beautifully exhibited by the same metaphor....

...5, 6, 8, where the erez of Lebanon, or a person compared with it, is thus described. ' Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field,...boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long. Under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young,' See. M. Michaelis observes,...