Ezekiel 31:1-3

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The Lofty Cedar

31 In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ²“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude:

“Whom are you like in your greatness?

³    Behold, I will liken you to^[a] a cedar in Lebanon,
with fair branches and forest shade,
    and of great height,
    its top among the clouds.^[b]

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Footnotes

Ezekiel 31:3 Cn: Heb Behold, Assyria
Ezekiel 31:3 Gk: Heb thick boughs

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