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16 I made the nations tremble when they heard that Assyria[a] was falling, descending into Sheol[b] to join those who go down into the Pit.[c] Then all of the trees of Eden in the world below were comforted, including the choicest and best of Lebanon, all of whom were well-watered. 17 They also went down with it into Sheol,[d] to those who had been killed violently[e] and to those who had trusted in its strength by living in its shadow among the nations. 18 So tell me now, which of the trees of Eden compares to you in glory or greatness? Nevertheless, you’ll be brought down, along with those trees of Eden, to the earth below. You’ll lie in the middle of the uncircumcised, with those who have been killed in war.[f] Pharaoh and all his gang will be just like this!’ declares the Lord God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:16 Lit. he
  2. Ezekiel 31:16 I.e. the realm of the afterlife
  3. Ezekiel 31:16 I.e. the realm of punishment in the afterlife
  4. Ezekiel 31:17 I.e. the realm of the afterlife
  5. Ezekiel 31:17 Lit. killed by the sword
  6. Ezekiel 31:18 Lit. killed by the sword

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) 17 They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword,(F) along with the armed men who lived in its shade among the nations.

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,(G) with those killed by the sword.

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

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