‘So it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches;
For its [a]roots extended to many waters.
‘The (A)cedars in (B)God’s garden [b]could not match it;
The [c]cypresses [d]could not compare with its boughs,
And the plane trees [e]could not match its branches.
No tree in (C)God’s garden [f]could compare with it in its beauty.
‘I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches,
And all the trees of (D)Eden, which were in the (E)garden of God, were jealous of it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:7 Lit root was
  2. Ezekiel 31:8 Lit did
  3. Ezekiel 31:8 Or Phoenician junipers
  4. Ezekiel 31:8 Lit did
  5. Ezekiel 31:8 Lit were not like
  6. Ezekiel 31:8 Lit did