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.
When God's people lie crushed, He sends word that the cup of trembling passes from their hands to the hands of those who hate them. God bids Pharaoh search history for a parallel to his own case: let him name any potentate he fancies himself equal to, and he will find that great man fell too. The falls of others are warnings against pride and false security.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 31:1-9
I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches,.... Or provinces, the extensiveness of his dominions: all his power and strength, riches and wealth, grandeur and glory, and the vast dominions he was possessed of, were all from the Lord; as whatever kings have are, though they are too apt to ascribe it to themselves; but all are from him, by whom kings...
I . . . made him--It was all due to My free grace.