Ezekiel 31
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Ezekiel 31:3-9

3Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.1 4The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.234 5Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.5 6All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. 7Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. 8The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. 9I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

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  1. 1. Ezekiel 31:3 with fair branches: Heb. fair of branches. ↩
  2. 2. Ezekiel 31:4 made…: or, nourished him. ↩
  3. 3. Ezekiel 31:4 set…: or, brought him up. ↩
  4. 4. Ezekiel 31:4 little rivers: or, conduits. ↩
  5. 5. Ezekiel 31:5 when…: or, when it sent them forth. ↩

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