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1. It was in the eleventh year of our captivity, in the third month, on the first day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
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1. And it came to pass H1961 in the eleventh H259 H6240 year H8141 , in the third H7992 month , in the first H259 day of the month H2320 , that the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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2. "Human, say to the king of Egypt and his people: 'No one is like you in your greatness.
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2. Son H1121 of man H120 , speak H559 unto H413 Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 , and to H413 his multitude H1995 ; Whom H413 H4310 art thou like H1819 in thy greatness H1433 ?
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3. Assyria was once like a cedar tree in Lebanon with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It was very tall; its top was among the clouds.
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3. Behold H2009 , the Assyrian H804 was a cedar H730 in Lebanon H3844 with fair H3303 branches H6057 , and with a shadowing H6751 shroud H2793 , and of a high H1362 stature H6967 ; and his top H6788 was H1961 among H996 the thick boughs H5688 .
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4. Much water made the tree grow; the deep springs made it tall. Rivers flowed around the bottom of the tree and sent their streams to all other trees in the countryside.
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4. The waters H4325 made him great H1431 , the deep H8415 set him up on high H7311 with H854 her rivers H5104 running H1980 round about H5439 his plants H4302 , and sent out H7971 her little rivers H8585 unto H413 all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 .
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5. So the tree was taller than all the other trees in the countryside. Its limbs became long and big because of so much water.
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5. Therefore H5921 H3651 his height H6967 was exalted H1361 above all H4480 H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 , and his boughs H5634 were multiplied H7235 , and his branches H6288 became long H748 because of the multitude H7227 of waters H4480 H4325 , when he shot forth H7971 .
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6. All the birds of the sky made their nests in the tree's limbs. And all the wild animals gave birth under its branches. All great nations lived in the tree's shade.
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6. All H3605 the fowls H5775 of heaven H8064 made their nests H7077 in his boughs H5589 , and under H8478 his branches H6288 did all H3605 the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 bring forth their young H3205 , and under his shadow H6738 dwelt H3427 all H3605 great H7227 nations H1471 .
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7. So the tree was great and beautiful, with its long branches, because its roots reached down to much water.
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7. Thus was he fair H3302 in his greatness H1433 , in the length H753 of his branches H1808 : for H3588 his root H8328 was H1961 by H413 great H7227 waters H4325 .
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8. The cedar trees in the garden of God were not as great as it was. The pine trees did not have such great limbs. The plane trees did not have such branches. was as beautiful as this tree.
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8. The cedars H730 in the garden H1588 of God H430 could not H3808 hide H6004 him : the fir trees H1265 were not like H1819 H3808 H413 his boughs H5589 , and the chestnut trees H6196 were H1961 not H3808 like his branches H6288 ; nor H3808 any H3605 tree H6086 in the garden H1588 of God H430 was like H1819 unto H413 him in his beauty H3308 .
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9. I made it beautiful with many branches, and all the trees of Eden in the garden of God wanted to be like it.
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9. I have made H6213 him fair H3303 by the multitude H7230 of his branches H1808 : so that all H3605 the trees H6086 of Eden H5731 , that H834 were in the garden H1588 of God H430 , envied H7065 him.
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10. "'So this is what the Lord God says: The tree grew tall. Its top reached the clouds, and it became proud of its height.
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10. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Because H3282 H834 thou hast lifted up H1361 thyself in height H6967 , and he hath shot up H5414 his top H6788 among H413 H996 the thick boughs H5688 , and his heart H3824 is lifted up H7311 in his height H1363 ;
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11. So I handed it over to a mighty ruler of the nations for him to punish it. Because it was evil, I got rid of it.
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11. I have therefore delivered H5414 him into the hand H3027 of the mighty one H352 of the heathen H1471 ; he shall surely deal H6213 H6213 with him : I have driven him out H1644 for his wickedness H7562 .
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12. The cruelest foreign nation cut it down and left it. The tree's branches fell on the mountains and in all the valleys, and its broken limbs were in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth left the shade of that tree.
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12. And strangers H2114 , the terrible H6184 of the nations H1471 , have cut him off H3772 , and have left H5203 him: upon H413 the mountains H2022 and in all H3605 the valleys H1516 his branches H1808 are fallen H5307 , and his boughs H6288 are broken H7665 by all H3605 the rivers H650 of the land H776 ; and all H3605 the people H5971 of the earth H776 are gone down H3381 from his shadow H4480 H6738 , and have left H5203 him.
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13. The birds of the sky live on the fallen tree. The wild animals live among the tree's fallen branches.
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13. Upon H5921 his ruin H4658 shall all H3605 the fowls H5775 of the heaven H8064 remain H7931 , and all H3605 the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 shall be H1961 upon H413 his branches H6288 :
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14. So the trees that grow by the water will not be proud to be tall; they will not put their tops among the clouds. None of the trees that are watered well will grow that tall, because they all are meant to die and go under the ground. They will be with people who have died and have gone down to the place of the dead.
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14. To the end H4616 that H834 none H3808 of all H3605 the trees H6086 by the waters H4325 exalt themselves H1361 for their height H6967 , neither H3808 shoot up H5414 H853 their top H6788 among H413 H996 the thick boughs H5688 , neither H3808 their trees H352 stand up H5975 in their height H1363 , all H3605 that drink H8354 water H4325 : for H3588 they are all H3605 delivered H5414 unto death H4194 , to H413 the nether parts H8482 of the earth H776 , in the midst H8432 of the children H1121 of men H120 , with H413 them that go down H3381 to the pit H953 .
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15. "'This is what the Lord God says: On the day when the tree went down to the place of the dead, I made the deep springs cry loudly. I covered them and held back their rivers, and the great waters stopped flowing. I dressed Lebanon in black to show her sadness about the great tree, and all the trees in the countryside were sad about it.
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15. Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; In the day H3117 when he went down H3381 to the grave H7585 I caused a mourning H56 : I covered H3680 H853 the deep H8415 for H5921 him , and I restrained H4513 the floods H5104 thereof , and the great H7227 waters H4325 were stayed H3607 : and I caused Lebanon H3844 to mourn H6937 for H5921 him , and all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 fainted H5969 for H5921 him.
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16. I made the nations shake with fear at the sound of the tree falling when I brought it down to the place of the dead. It went to join those who have gone down to the grave. Then all the trees of Eden and the best trees of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were comforted in the place of the dead below the earth.
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16. I made the nations H1471 to shake H7493 at the sound H4480 H6963 of his fall H4658 , when I cast him down H3381 H853 to hell H7585 with H854 them that descend H3381 into the pit H953 : and all H3605 the trees H6086 of Eden H5731 , the choice H4005 and best H2896 of Lebanon H3844 , all H3605 that drink H8354 water H4325 , shall be comforted H5162 in the nether parts H8482 of the earth H776 .
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17. These trees had also gone down with the great tree to the place of the dead. They joined those who were killed in war and those among the nations who had lived under the great tree's shade.
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17. They H1992 also H1571 went down H3381 into hell H7585 with H854 him unto H413 them that be slain H2491 with the sword H2719 ; and they that were his arm H2220 , that dwelt H3427 under his shadow H6738 in the midst H8432 of the heathen H1471 .
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18. "'So no tree in Eden is equal to you, Egypt, in greatness and honor, but you will go down to join the trees of Eden in the place below the earth. You will lie among unclean people, with those who were killed in war. "'This is about the king of Egypt and all his people, says the Lord God.'"
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18. To H413 whom H4310 art thou thus like H1819 H3602 in glory H3519 and in greatness H1433 among the trees H6086 of Eden H5731 ? yet shalt thou be brought down H3381 with H854 the trees H6086 of Eden H5731 unto H413 the nether parts H8482 of the earth H776 : thou shalt lie H7901 in the midst H8432 of the uncircumcised H6189 with H854 them that be slain H2491 by the sword H2719 . This H1931 is Pharaoh H6547 and all H3605 his multitude H1995 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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