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 ^(A)earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.”

¹⁶ I made the nations ^(A)quake at the sound of its downfall when I made it ^(B)go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of ^(C)Lebanon, all the ^[a]well-watered ones, were ^(D)comforted in the earth beneath.

¹⁸ “To which among the trees of Eden do you thus liken yourself in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the ^(A)uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. ^(B)So is Pharaoh and all his multitude!”’ declares Lord Yahweh.”

²⁴ “^(A)Elam is there and all her multitude all around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the ^(B)lower parts of the earth, who put their terror in the ^(C)land of the living and ^(D)bore their dishonor with those who went down to the pit.