Eze 31 | NASB1995 | STEP | In the eleventh year , in the third month , on the first of the month , the word of the Lord came to me saying ,

Ezekiel 31

Pharaoh Warned of Assyria’s Fate

1 In the ^aeleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying, 2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his ^bhordes, ‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
3 ‘Behold, Assyria was a ^ccedar in Lebanon
With beautiful branches and forest shade,
And ^{▼▼ Lit high of stature
,} ^every high,
And its top was among the ^{▼▼ So Gr; M.T. thick boughs}clouds.
4 ‘The ^gwaters made it grow, the ^{▼▼ I.e. subterranean waters}deep made it high.
With its rivers it continually ^{▼▼ Lit was going}extended all around its planting place,
And sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.
5 ‘Therefore ^jits height was loftier than all the trees of the field
And its boughs became many and its branches long
Because of ^kmany waters ^{▼▼ Lit in its sending forth}as it spread them out.
6 ‘All the ^mbirds of the heavens nested in its boughs,
And under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth,
And all great nations lived under its shade.
7 ‘So it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches;
For its ^{▼▼ Lit root was}roots extended to many waters.
8 ‘The ^ocedars in ^pGod’s garden ^{▼▼ Lit did}could not match it;
The ^{▼▼ Or Phoenician junipers}cypresses ^{▼▼ Lit did}could not compare with its boughs,
And the plane trees ^{▼▼ Lit were not like}could not match its branches.
No tree in ^uGod’s garden ^{▼▼ Lit did}could compare with it in its beauty.
9 ‘I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches,
And all the trees of ^wEden, which were in the ^xgarden of God, were jealous of it.

10 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord , and so throughout the ch}God, “Because ^{▼▼ Lit you are}it is high in stature and has set its top among the ^{▼▼ Or thick boughs}clouds, and its ^abheart is haughty in its loftiness, 11 therefore I will give it into the hand of a ^{▼▼ Or mighty one
,} ^addespot of the nations; he will thoroughly deal with it. According to its wickedness I have ^aedriven it away. 12 ^af“Alien ^agtyrants of the nations have cut it down and left it; on the ^ahmountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the peoples of the earth have ^aigone down from its shade and left it. 13 “On its ruin all the ^ajbirds of the heavens will dwell, and all the beasts of the field will be on its fallen branches 14 so that all the trees by the waters may not be exalted in their stature, nor set their top among the ^{▼▼ Or thick boughs}clouds, nor their ^{▼▼ Lit drinkers of water}well-watered mighty ones stand erect in their height. For they have all been given over to death, to the ^amearth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.”

15 ‘Thus says the Lord God, “On the day when it went down to Sheol I ^ancaused lamentations; I closed the ^{▼▼ I.e. subterranean waters}deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon ^{▼▼ Lit be darkened}mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it. 16 “I made the nations ^aqquake at the sound of its fall when I made it ^argo down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the ^{▼▼ Lit drinkers of water}well-watered trees of Eden, the choicest and best of ^atLebanon, were ^aucomforted in the earth beneath. 17 “They also ^avwent down with it to Sheol to those who were ^awslain by the sword; and those who were its ^{▼▼ Lit arm}strength lived ^ayunder its shade among the nations.

18 “To which among the trees of Eden are you thus ^{▼▼ Lit like}equal in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the ^bauncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. ^bbSo is Pharaoh and all his hordes!”’ declares the Lord God.”