It was (A)beautiful in its greatness,
    in the length of its branches;
(B)for its roots went down
    to abundant waters.
(C)The cedars (D)in the garden of God could not rival it,
    nor the fir trees equal its boughs;
neither were the plane trees
    like its branches;
no tree (E)in the garden of God
    was its equal in beauty.
I made it beautiful
    in the mass of its branches,
and all the trees of (F)Eden envied it,
    that were in the garden of God.

10 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because (G)it[a] towered high and set its top among the clouds,[b] and (H)its heart was proud of its height,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:10 Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew you
  2. Ezekiel 31:10 Or its top through the thick boughs

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