Ezekiel 31:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ezekiel 31:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ezekiel 31:12 is a verse from the book of Ezekiel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valle..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ezekiel 31:12 — KJV
“And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.”
— Ezekiel 31:12 (KJV)
Ezekiel 31:12 in Context — About the Book of Ezekiel
Ezekiel saw heaven opened from a refugee camp in Babylon — wheels of fire, a valley of dry bones rattling to life, and a river flowing from God's temple that heals everything it touches. His message: God's glory departs from sin but returns with resurrection power and a brand-new heart.
Cross-References for Ezekiel 31:12
“In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 31:12: nations, cut, off
“And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 31:12: terrible, nations, land
“That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! scattered...: or, outspread and polished meted...: or, that meteth out and treadeth down: Heb. of line, line, and treading under foot have...: or, despise”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 31:12: terrible, rivers, land
“I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. bottoms: Heb. cuttings off corruption: or, the pit”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 31:12: cut, off, mountains
“There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 31:12: fallen, land, earth
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