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14 (A)All this is in order that no trees by the waters may grow to towering height or set their tops among the clouds, and that no trees that drink water may reach up to them in height. For they are all given over to death, (B)to the world (C)below, among the children of man,[a] with those who go down to the pit.

15 “Thus says the Lord God: On the day (D)the cedar[b] went down to Sheol I caused mourning; I closed the deep over it, and restrained its rivers, and many waters were stopped. I clothed Lebanon in gloom for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. 16 (E)I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall, (F)when I cast it down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit. (G)And all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, (H)were comforted in the world below.

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  1. Ezekiel 31:14 Or of Adam
  2. Ezekiel 31:15 Hebrew it

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)

15 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day it was brought down to the realm of the dead I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away.(D) 16 I made the nations tremble(E) 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(F) of Eden,(G) the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled(H) in the earth below.(I)

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