15 “Thus says the Lord God: On the day (A)the cedar[a] went down to Sheol I caused mourning; I closed the deep over it, and restrained its rivers, and many waters were stopped. I clothed Lebanon in gloom for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. 16 (B)I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall, (C)when I cast it down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit. (D)And all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, (E)were comforted in the world below. 17 They also went down to Sheol with it, (F)to those who are slain by the sword; yes, (G)those who were its arm, (H)who lived under its shadow among the nations.

18 (I)“Whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness (J)among the trees of Eden? (K)You shall be brought down with (L)the trees of Eden to the world below. (M)You shall lie among the uncircumcised, (N)with those who are slain by the sword.

(O)“This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:15 Hebrew it

15 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day it was brought down to the realm of the dead I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away.(A) 16 I made the nations tremble(B) 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(C) of Eden,(D) the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled(E) in the earth below.(F) 17 They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword,(G) 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,(H) with those killed by the sword.

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

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