Ezekiel 31:10-18
Legacy Standard Bible
10 ‘Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Because [a]it is lofty in height and has put its top among the [b]clouds, and its (A)heart is high up in its loftiness, 11 therefore I will give it into the hand of a [c](B)dominant one of the nations; he will thoroughly deal with it. According to its wickedness I have (C)driven it away. 12 (D)Strangers—(E)ruthless ones of the nations have cut it down and abandoned it; on the (F)mountains and in all the valleys its foliage have fallen, and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the peoples of the earth have (G)gone down from its shade and abandoned it. 13 On its downfall all the (H)birds of the sky will dwell, and all the beasts of the field will be on its fallen branches 14 so that all the trees by the waters may not be lofty in their height, nor put their top among the [d]clouds, nor their dominant ones—all the [e]well-watered ones—stand in their loftiness. For they have all been given over to death, to the (I)earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.”
15 ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “On the day when it went down to Sheol I (J)caused mourning; I covered it with the [f]deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon [g]mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it. 16 I made the nations (K)quake at the sound of its downfall when I made it (L)go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of (M)Lebanon, all the [h]well-watered ones, were (N)comforted in the earth beneath. 17 They also (O)went down with it to Sheol to those who were (P)slain by the sword; and those who were its [i]strength lived (Q)under its shade among the nations.
18 “To which among the trees of Eden do you thus liken yourself in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the (R)uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. (S)So is Pharaoh and all his multitude!”’ declares Lord Yahweh.”
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- Ezekiel 31:10 Lit you are
- Ezekiel 31:10 Or thick boughs
- Ezekiel 31:11 Lit ram
- Ezekiel 31:14 Or thick boughs
- Ezekiel 31:14 Lit drinkers of water
- Ezekiel 31:15 Subterranean waters
- Ezekiel 31:15 Lit be darkened
- Ezekiel 31:16 Lit drinkers of water
- Ezekiel 31:17 Lit arm
Ezekiel 31:10-18
Christian Standard Bible
10 “‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Since it[a] towered high in stature and set its top among the clouds, and it[b] grew proud(A) on account of its height, 11 I determined to hand it over to a ruler of nations;(B) he would surely deal with it. I banished it because of its wickedness. 12 Foreigners, ruthless men from the nations,(C) cut it down and left it lying. Its limbs fell on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. All the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it. 13 All the birds of the sky nested on its fallen trunk, and all the animals of the field were among its boughs. 14 This happened so that no trees planted beside water would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and so that no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the underworld, among the people[c] who descend to the Pit.(D)
15 “‘This is what the Lord God says: I caused grieving on the day the cedar went down to Sheol.(E) I closed off the underground deep because of it:[d] I held back the rivers of the deep, and its abundant water was restrained. I made Lebanon mourn on account of it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. 16 I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I threw it down to Sheol to be with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden,(F) the choice and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were comforted(G) in the underworld. 17 They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies[e][f] they had lived in its shade among the nations.
18 “‘Who then are you like in glory and greatness among Eden’s trees? You also will be brought down to the underworld to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised with those slain by the sword.(H) This is Pharaoh and all his hordes. This is the declaration of the Lord God.’”
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