Ezekiel 31:1 - Prayer Tents

Egypt Is Compared to a Cedar Tree

31On the first day of the third month of the eleventh year of our exile, the LORD spoke to me.H259H6240H8141H7992H259H2320H1697H3068H559

2"Mortal man," he said, "say to the king of Egypt and all his people: How powerful you are! What can I compare you to?H1121H120H559H6547H4428H4714H1995H1819H1433

3You are like a cedar in Lebanon, With beautiful, shady branches, A tree so tall it reaches the clouds.H804H730H3844H3303H6057H6751H2793H1362H6967H6788H5688

4There was water to make it grow, And underground rivers to feed it. They watered the place where the tree was growing And sent streams to all the trees of the forest.H4325H1431H8415H7311H5104H1980H5439H4302H7971H8585H6086H7704

5Because it was well-watered, It grew taller than other trees. Its branches grew thick and long.H6967H1361H6086H7704H5634H7235H6288H748H7227H4325H7971

6Every kind of bird built nests in its branches; The wild animals bore their young in its shelter; The nations of the world rested in its shade.H5775H8064H7077H5589H6288H2416H7704H3205H6738H3427H7227H1471

7How beautiful the tree was - So tall, with such long branches. Its roots reached down to the deep-flowing streams.H3302H1433H753H1808H8328H7227H4325

8No cedar in God's garden could compare with it. No fir tree ever had such branches, And no plane tree such limbs. No tree in God's own garden was so beautiful.H730H1588H430H6004H1265H1819H5589H6196H6288H6086H1588H430H1819H3308

9I made it beautiful, with spreading branches. It was the envy of every tree in Eden, the garden of God.H6213H3303H7230H1808H6086H5731H1588H430H7065

10"Now then, I, the Sovereign LORD, will tell you what is going to happen to that tree that grew until it reached the clouds. As it grew taller it grew proud;H559H136H3069H1361H6967H5414H6788H5688H3824H7311H1363

11so I have rejected it and will let a foreign ruler have it. He will give that tree what it deserves for its wickedness.H5414H3027H410H1471H6213H6213H1644H7562

12Ruthless foreigners will cut it down and leave it. Its branches and broken limbs will fall on every mountain and valley in the country. All the nations that have been living in its shade will go away.H2114H6184H1471H3772H5203H2022H1516H1808H5307H6288H7665H650H776H5971H776H3381H6738H5203

13The birds will come and perch on the fallen tree, and the wild animals will walk over its branches.H4658H5775H8064H7931H2416H7704H6288

14And so from now on, no tree, no matter how well-watered it is, will grow that tall again or push its top through the clouds and reach such a height. All of them are doomed to die like mortals, doomed to join those who go down to the world of the dead."H6086H4325H1361H6967H5414H6788H5688H352H5975H1363H8354H4325H5414H4194H8482H776H8432H1121H120H3381H953

15This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "On the day when the tree goes to the world of the dead, I will make the underground waters cover it as a sign of mourning. I will hold back the rivers and not let the many streams flow out. Because the tree has died, I will bring darkness over the Lebanon Mountains and make all the trees of the forest wither.H559H136H3069H3117H3381H7585H56H3680H8415H4513H5104H7227H4325H3607H3844H6937H6086H7704H5969

16When I send it down to the world of the dead, the noise of its downfall will shake the nations. All the trees of Eden and all the choice, well-watered trees of Lebanon who have gone to the world below will be pleased at its downfall.H1471H7493H6963H4658H3381H7585H3381H953H6086H5731H4005H2896H3844H8354H4325H5162H8482H776

17They will go with it to the world of the dead to join those that have already fallen. And all who live under its shadow will be scattered among the nations.H3381H7585H2491H2719H2220H3427H6738H8432H1471

18"The tree is the king of Egypt and all his people. Not even the trees in Eden were so tall and impressive. But now, like the trees of Eden, it will go down to the world of the dead and join the ungodly and those killed in battle. I have spoken," says the Sovereign LORD.H1819H3519H1433H6086H5731H3381H6086H5731H8482H776H7901H8432H6189H2491H2719H6547H1995H5002H136H3069