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Ezekiel 31:3-9
New International Version
Ezekiel 31:3-9
New International Version
3 Consider Assyria,(A) once a cedar in Lebanon,(B)
with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest;
it towered on high,
its top above the thick foliage.(C)
4 The waters(D) nourished it,
deep springs made it grow tall;
their streams flowed
all around its base
and sent their channels
to all the trees of the field.(E)
5 So it towered higher(F)
than all the trees of the field;
its boughs increased
and its branches grew long,
spreading because of abundant waters.(G)
6 All the birds of the sky
nested in its boughs,
all the animals of the wild
gave birth(H) under its branches;
all the great nations
lived in its shade.(I)
7 It was majestic in beauty,
with its spreading boughs,
for its roots went down
to abundant waters.(J)
8 The cedars(K) in the garden of God
could not rival it,
nor could the junipers
equal its boughs,
nor could the plane trees(L)
compare with its branches—
no tree in the garden of God
could match its beauty.(M)
9 I made it beautiful
with abundant branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden(N)
in the garden of God.(O)
Ezekiel 31:3-9
King James Version
Ezekiel 31:3-9
King James Version
3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long 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 of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
9 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.
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