Ezekiel 31:13-15

Contemporary English Version

¹³ Birds will then nest on the stump of the fallen tree, and wild animals will trample its branches.

¹⁴ Never again will any tree dare to grow as tall as this tree, no matter how much water it has. Every tree must die, just as humans die and go down to the world of the dead.

¹⁵ On the day this tree dies and goes to the world below, I, the Lord God, will command rivers and streams to mourn its death. Every underground spring of water and every river will stop flowing.^[a] The mountains in Lebanon will be covered with darkness as a sign of their sorrow, and all the trees in the forest will wither.