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Therefore it grew taller than all the trees of the field;
its boughs grew large and its branches grew long,
because of the plentiful water in its shoots.[a]
All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs;
under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth;
in its shade all the great[b] nations lived.
It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches;
for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:5 tn Heb “when it sends forth.” Repointing the consonants of the Masoretic text would render the proposed reading of “shoots” (cf. NRSV).
  2. Ezekiel 31:6 tn Or “many.”