“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his (A)hordes,

‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
Behold, Assyria was a (B)cedar in Lebanon
With beautiful branches and forest shade,
And [a](C)very high,
And its top was among the [b]clouds.
The (D)waters made it grow, the [c]deep made it high.
With its rivers it continually [d]extended all around its planting place,
And sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:3 Lit high of stature
  2. Ezekiel 31:3 As in LXX; MT thick boughs
  3. Ezekiel 31:4 I.e., subterranean waters
  4. Ezekiel 31:4 Lit was going

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