13 All the (A)birds of the sky will nest on its fallen trunk, and all the animals of the field will [a]rest on its fallen branches, 14 so that all the trees by the waters will not be exalted in their stature, nor put their tops among the [b]clouds, nor will any of their [c]well-watered mighty ones stand straight in their height. For they have all been turned over to death, to the (B)earth beneath, among [d]mankind, [e]with those who go down to the pit.”

15 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “On the day when it went down to Sheol I (C)caused mourning; I closed the [f]deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:13 Lit be on
  2. Ezekiel 31:14 As in LXX; MT thick branches
  3. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit drinkers of water
  4. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit sons of mankind
  5. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit to
  6. Ezekiel 31:15 I.e., subterranean waters

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