Ezekiel 31:3
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3 Behold, (A)Assyria was a (B)cedar in (C)Lebanon,
with beautiful branches and (D)forest shade,
(E)and of towering height,
its top among the clouds.[a]
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 31:3 Or its top went through the thick boughs
Isaiah 10:33-34
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33 Behold, the Lord God of hosts
(A)will lop (B)the boughs with terrifying power;
the great in height will be hewn down,
and the lofty will be brought low.
34 He will cut down (C)the thickets of the forest with an axe,
and (D)Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.
Daniel 4:20-23
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20 (A)The tree you saw, which grew and became strong, so that its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth, 21 (B)whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which beasts of the field found shade, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens lived— 22 (C)it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. (D)Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, (E)and your dominion to the ends of the earth. 23 And because the king saw (F)a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, (G)‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till (H)seven periods of time pass over him,’
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Daniel 4:10
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10 (A)The visions of my head as I lay in bed were these: I saw, and (B)behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.
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Ezekiel 17:22
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22 Thus says the Lord God: (A)“I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. (B)I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and (C)I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
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Ezekiel 17:3-4
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3 say, Thus says the Lord God: (A)A great eagle (B)with great wings and long pinions, (C)rich in plumage of many colors, came (D)to Lebanon (E)and took the top of the cedar. 4 He broke off the topmost of its young twigs and carried it to a land of trade and set it in a city of merchants.
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Judges 9:15
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15 And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and (A)take refuge in my shade, but if not, (B)let fire come out of the bramble and devour (C)the cedars of Lebanon.’
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Zechariah 11:2
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2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, (A)oaks of Bashan,
for the thick forest has been felled!
Zephaniah 2:13
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13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north
(A)and destroy Assyria,
and he (B)will make Nineveh a desolation,
a dry waste like the desert.
Nahum 3
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Woe to Nineveh
3 Woe to (A)the bloody city,
all full of lies and plunder—
(B)no end to the prey!
2 The crack of the whip, and (C)rumble of the wheel,
(D)galloping horse and (E)bounding chariot!
3 Horsemen charging,
flashing sword and (F)glittering spear,
(G)hosts of slain,
heaps of corpses,
dead bodies without end—
they stumble over the bodies!
4 And all for the countless whorings of the (H)prostitute,
(I)graceful and of deadly charms,
who betrays nations with her whorings,
and peoples with her charms.
5 (J)Behold, I am against you,
declares the Lord of hosts,
and (K)will lift up your skirts over your face;
and I will make nations look at (L)your nakedness
and kingdoms at your shame.
6 I will throw filth at you
and (M)treat you with contempt
and make you (N)a spectacle.
7 And all who look at you (O)will shrink from you and say,
“Wasted is (P)Nineveh; (Q)who will grieve for her?”
(R)Where shall I seek comforters for you?
8 (S)Are you better than (T)Thebes[a]
that sat (U)by the Nile,
with water around her,
her rampart a sea,
and water her wall?
9 (V)Cush was her strength;
Egypt too, and that without limit;
(W)Put and the (X)Libyans were her[b] helpers.
10 (Y)Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity;
(Z)her infants were dashed in pieces
at the head of every street;
for her honored men (AA)lots were cast,
(AB)and all her great men were bound in chains.
11 (AC)You also will be drunken;
you will go into hiding;
(AD)you will seek a refuge from the enemy.
12 All your fortresses are (AE)like fig trees
with first-ripe figs—
if shaken they fall
into the mouth of the eater.
13 Behold, your troops
(AF)are women in your midst.
The gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies;
fire has devoured your bars.
14 (AG)Draw water for the siege;
(AH)strengthen your forts;
go into the clay;
tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick mold!
15 There will the fire devour you;
the sword will cut you off.
It will (AI)devour you (AJ)like the locust.
Multiply yourselves (AK)like the locust;
multiply (AL)like the grasshopper!
16 You increased (AM)your merchants
more than the stars of the heavens.
(AN)The locust spreads its wings and flies away.
17 Your (AO)princes are (AP)like grasshoppers,
(AQ)your scribes[c] like clouds of locusts
settling on the fences
in a day of cold—
when the sun rises, they fly away;
no one knows where they are.
18 Your shepherds (AR)are asleep,
O king of Assyria;
(AS)your nobles slumber.
Your people (AT)are scattered on the mountains
with none to gather them.
19 There is no easing your hurt;
(AU)your wound is grievous.
All who hear the news about you
(AV)clap their hands over you.
For (AW)upon whom has not come
your unceasing evil?
Footnotes
- Nahum 3:8 Hebrew No-amon
- Nahum 3:9 Hebrew your
- Nahum 3:17 Or marshals
Daniel 4:12
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12 (A)Its leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. (B)The beasts of the field found shade under it, and (C)the birds of the heavens lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.
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Ezekiel 31:16
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16 (A)I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall, (B)when I cast it down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit. (C)And all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, (D)were comforted in the world below.
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Ezekiel 31:6
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6 (A)All the birds of the heavens
made their nests in its boughs;
under its branches all the beasts of the field
gave birth to their young,
and under its shadow
lived all great nations.
Isaiah 37:24
English Standard Version
24 By your servants you have mocked the Lord,
and you have said, (A)With my many chariots
I have gone up the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon,
(B)to cut down its tallest cedars,
its choicest cypresses,
to come to its remotest height,
its most fruitful forest.
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