14 so that all the trees by the waters will not be exalted in their stature, nor put their tops among the [a]clouds, nor will any of their [b]well-watered mighty ones stand straight in their height. For they have all been turned over to death, to the (A)earth beneath, among [c]mankind, [d]with those who go down to the pit.”

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  1. Ezekiel 31:14 As in LXX; MT thick branches
  2. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit drinkers of water
  3. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit sons of mankind
  4. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit to

14 Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined(A) for death,(B) for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.(C)

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

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  1. Ezekiel 31:16 Lit drinkers of water

16 I made the nations tremble(A) at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the realm of the dead to be with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees(B) of Eden,(C) the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled(D) in the earth below.(E)

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18 “To which among the trees of Eden are you so alike 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 killed by the sword. (B)This is Pharaoh and all his hordes!”’ declares the Lord God.”

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18 “‘Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendor and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised,(A) with those killed by the sword.

“‘This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

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24 (A)Elam is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them killed, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the (B)lower parts of the earth, who inflicted their terror on the (C)land of the living, and (D)bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.

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24 “Elam(A) is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.(B) All who had spread terror in the land of the living(C) went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.(D)

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