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13 On its downfall all the (A)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 [a]clouds, nor their dominant ones—all the [b]well-watered ones—stand in their loftiness. For they have all been given over to death, to the (B)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 (C)caused mourning; I covered it with the [c]deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon [d]mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:14 Or thick boughs
  2. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit drinkers of water
  3. Ezekiel 31:15 Subterranean waters
  4. Ezekiel 31:15 Lit be darkened