Egypt Cut Down Like a Great Tree
1 Now it came to pass in the aeleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude:
a‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
a‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
3 aIndeed 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.
With fine branches that shaded the forest,
And of high stature;
And its top was among the thick boughs.
4 aThe waters made it grow;
Underground waters gave it height,
With their rivers running around the place where it was planted,
And sent out1 rivulets to all the trees of the field.
Underground waters gave it height,
With their rivers running around the place where it was planted,
And sent out1 rivulets to all the trees of the field.
5 ‘Therefore aits height was exalted above all the trees of the field;
Its boughs were multiplied,
And its branches became long because of the abundance of water,
As it sent them out.
Its boughs were multiplied,
And its branches became long because of the abundance of water,
As it sent them out.
6 All the abirds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs;
Under its branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young;
And in its shadow all great nations1 made their home.
Under its branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young;
And in its shadow all great nations1 made their home.
7 ‘Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the length of its branches,
Because its roots reached to abundant waters.
Because its roots reached to abundant waters.
8 The cedars in the agarden of God could not hide it;
The fir trees were not like its boughs,
And the1 chestnut trees were not like its branches;
No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
The fir trees were not like its boughs,
And the1 chestnut trees were not like its branches;
No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
9 I made it beautiful with a multitude of branches,
So that all the trees of Eden envied it,
That were in the garden of God.’
So that all the trees of Eden envied it,
That were in the garden of God.’
10 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have increased in height, and it set its top among the thick boughs, and aits heart was lifted up in its height,
11 therefore I will deliver it into the hand of the amighty one of the nations, and he shall surely deal with it; I have driven it out for its wickedness.
12 And aliens, athe most terrible of the nations, have cut it down and left it; its branches have fallen bon the mountains and in all the valleys; its boughs lie cbroken by all the rivers of the land; and all the peoples of the earth have gone from under its shadow and left it.
13 ‘On aits ruin will remain all the birds of the heavens,
And all the beasts of the field will come to its branches—
And all the beasts of the field will come to its branches—
14 ‘So that no trees by the waters may ever again exalt themselves for their height, nor set their tops among the thick boughs, that no tree which drinks water may ever be high enough to reach up to them.
‘For athey have all been delivered to death,
bTo the depths of the earth,
Among the children of men who go down to the Pit.’
‘For athey have all been delivered to death,
bTo the depths of the earth,
Among the children of men who go down to the Pit.’
15 “Thus says the Lord God: ‘In the day when it awent down to hell, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it. I restrained its rivers, and the great waters were held back. I caused Lebanon to2 mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Definitions of words in Ezekiel 31:3:
Assyria {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Assyria {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Assyria {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Cedar {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Cedar {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Fine {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
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