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Alegoría del cedro y de los cipreses

31 Aconteció en el primer día del mes tercero[a] del año once que vino a mí la palabra del SEÑOR, diciendo: “Oh hijo de hombre, di al faraón, rey de Egipto, y a su multitud: ‘¿A quién te has comparado en tu grandeza? He aquí que consideraré al cedro del Líbano, de ramas hermosas, que ensombrecía al bosque. Era de gran altura y su copa estaba entre las nubes[b].

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Footnotes

  1. Ezequiel 31:1 Aprox. may.-jun.
  2. Ezequiel 31:3 Según LXX; otra trad., entre el ramaje.

Egypt Cut Down Like a Great Tree(A)

31 Now it came to pass in the (B)eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude:

(C)‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
(D)Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon,
With fine branches that shaded the forest,
And of high stature;
And its top was among the thick boughs.

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Pharaoh Warned of Assyria’s Fate

31 In the eleventh year [after King Jehoiachin was taken captive to Babylon], in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes,

‘Whom are you like in your greatness?

‘Behold (listen carefully), Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon
With beautiful branches and with forest shade,
And of high stature,
With its top among the clouds.

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