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Cedars in the garden of God
    could not be equal to it;
fir trees[a] could not resemble its branches,
    and plane trees were not even like its branches;
any tree even in the garden of God
    could not resemble it in its beauty.
I made it beautiful with the abundance of its branches,
    and all of the trees of Eden that were in the garden of God envied it.’”

10 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because[b] it was tall in height and it set its treetop between[c] thick clouds, and he took pride in his tallness,[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:8 Or possibly, juniper
  2. Ezekiel 31:10 Literally “because that”
  3. Ezekiel 31:10 Hebrew “to between”
  4. Ezekiel 31:10 Literally “and his heart he raised in his tallness”

The cedars(A) in the garden of God
    could not rival it,
nor could the junipers
    equal its boughs,
nor could the plane trees(B)
    compare with its branches—
no tree in the garden of God
    could match its beauty.(C)
I made it beautiful
    with abundant branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden(D)
    in the garden of God.(E)

10 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud(F) of its height,

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