Verse 16

Ezekiel 31:16

New Living Translation

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16 I made the nations shake with fear at the sound of its fall, for I sent it down to the grave with all the others who descend to the pit. And all the other proud trees of Eden, the most beautiful and the best of Lebanon, the ones whose roots went deep into the water, took comfort to find it there with them in the depths of the earth.

Original Language Text

hebrew

מִ/קּ֤וֹל מַפַּלְתּ/וֹ֙ הִרְעַ֣שְׁתִּי גוֹיִ֔ם בְּ/הוֹרִדִ֥/י אֹת֛/וֹ שְׁא֖וֹלָ/ה אֶת י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר וַ/יִּנָּ֨חֲמ֜וּ בְּ/אֶ֤רֶץ תַּחְתִּית֙ כָּל עֲצֵי עֵ֔דֶן מִבְחַ֥ר וְ/טוֹב לְבָנ֖וֹן כָּל שֹׁ֥תֵי מָֽיִם

English Translation

From the sound of your fall, I shook nations; when I brought you down to the pit, all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, were comforted in the lower parts of the earth, all who drink water.

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Chapter 31 Context

1 On June 21, during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from th... Focus ↗

2 “Son of man, give this message to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and all his hordes: “To whom would you com... Focus ↗

3 You are like mighty Assyria, which was once like a cedar of Lebanon, with beautiful branches t... Focus ↗

4 Deep springs watered it and helped it to grow tall and luxuriant. The water flowed around it l... Focus ↗

5 This great tree towered high, higher than all the other trees around it. It prospered and grew... Focus ↗

6 The birds nested in its branches, and in its shade all the wild animals gave birth. All the gr... Focus ↗

7 It was strong and beautiful, with wide-spreading branches, for its roots went deep into abu... Focus ↗

8 No other cedar in the garden of God (Elohim) could rival it. No cypress had branches to equal... Focus ↗

9 Because I made this tree so beautiful, and gave it such magnificent foliage, it was the envy o... Focus ↗

10 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because Egypt became proud and arrogant, and becau... Focus ↗

11 I will hand it over to a mighty nation that will destroy it as its wickedness deserves. I have alrea... Focus ↗

12 A foreign army — the terror of the nations — has cut it down and left it fallen on the ground. Its b... Focus ↗

13 “The birds roost on its fallen trunk, and the wild animals lie among its branches. Focus ↗

14 Let the tree of no other nation proudly exult in its own prosperity, though it be higher than... Focus ↗

15 “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When Assyria went down to the grave, I made the deep springs... Focus ↗

16 I made the nations shake with fear at the sound of its fall, for I sent it down to the grave with al...

17 Its allies, too, were all destroyed and had passed away. They had gone down to the grave — all those... Focus ↗

18 “O Egypt, to which of the trees of Eden will you compare your strength and glory? You, too, will be... Focus ↗

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Book: Ezekiel
Chapter: Chapter 31 (18 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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