31On the first day of the third month of the eleventh year of our captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:H259H6240H8141H7992H259H2320H1697H3068H5592"Son of Man, tell this to Pharaoh, king of Egypt and his gangs: 'Who do you think you are?What makes you so great -H1121H120H559H6547H4428H4714H1995H1819H14333Think about Assyria, that cedar of Lebanon, beautiful with its branches, like a shady forest, awesome in its height, its summit touches the clouds.H804H730H3844H3303H6057H6751H2793H1362H6967H6788H56884Plentiful water made it great, Subterranean rivers made it grow. Rivers surrounded the area where it had been planted, and water channels nourished all the trees in the fields.H4325H1431H8415H7311H5104H1980H5439H4302H7971H8585H6086H77045That's why it grew taller than any of the trees in the fields. Its boughs flourished. Its branches grew luxurious because of all the water that made it spread out.H6967H1361H6086H7704H5634H7235H6288H748H7227H4325H79716The birds in the sky made nests in its boughs; all the beasts of the field gave birth under its branches. All the great nations rested in its shade.H5775H8064H7077H5589H6288H2416H7704H3205H6738H3427H7227H14717'Beautiful by virtue of its greatness, with its long branches, it was rooted in many waters.H3302H1433H753H1808H8328H7227H43258The cedars in God's garden could not compare to it; Fir trees could not match its boughs. The plane tree never grew branches like it, and no tree in God's garden compares to its beauty.H730H1588H430H6004H1265H1819H5589H6196H6288H6086H1588H430H1819H33089I made it beautiful with all of its branches; all the trees in God's garden of Eden envied it!'"H6213H3303H7230H1808H6086H5731H1588H430H7065
Assyria’s Fall Due to Arrogance
10"Therefore this is what the Lord God says: 'Because of its towering height, with its summit reaching into the clouds, and because it was haughty in its position,H559H136H3069H1361H6967H5414H6788H5688H3824H7311H136311I turned it over to domination by the leader of those nations, who dealt with it thoroughly. I have driven it away because of its wickedness.H5414H3027H410H1471H6213H6213H1644H756212'Foreign dictators have trimmed it down to size and abandoned it. Its branches have fallen off on mountains and in all the valleys. Its boughts have broken off in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth have moved out of its shade and abandoned it.H2114H6184H1471H3772H5203H2022H1516H1808H5307H6288H7665H650H776H5971H776H3381H6738H520313All the birds in the sky will live among its ruins, and the wild animals will forage among its branches.H4658H5775H8064H7931H2416H7704H628814'As a result, none of its watered trees will grow tall, their tops will never reach to the clouds, and they'll never grow so high again, because all of them have been appointed to death in the world beneath where human beings go, that is, down to the Pit.'"H6086H4325H1361H6967H5414H6788H5688H352H5975H1363H8354H4325H5414H4194H8482H776H8432H1121H120H3381H953
Fear at Assyria’s Fall
15"This is what the Lord God says: 'On the day that it descended into Sheol, I shut down its water supplies, covered over its deep water, and shut down its rivers. As a result its abundant water sources dried up, and I caused Lebanon to mourn for it. All the trees of the field wilted because of it.H559H136H3069H3117H3381H7585H56H3680H8415H4513H5104H7227H4325H3607H3844H6937H6086H7704H596916I made the nations tremble when they heard that Assyria was falling, descending into Sheol to join those who go down into the Pit. Then all of the trees of Eden in the world below were comforted, including the choicest and best of Lebanon, all of whom were well-watered.H1471H7493H6963H4658H3381H7585H3381H953H6086H5731H4005H2896H3844H8354H4325H5162H8482H77617They also went down with it into Sheol, to those who had been killed violently and to those who had trusted in its strength by living in its shadow among the nations.'H3381H7585H2491H2719H2220H3427H6738H8432H147118'So tell me now, which of the trees of Eden compares to you in glory or greatness?Nevertheless, you'll be brought down, along with those trees of Eden, to the earth below. You'll lie in the middle of the uncircumcised, with those who have been killed in war. Pharaoh and all his gang will be just like this!'" declares the Lord God.H1819H3519H1433H6086H5731H3381H6086H5731H8482H776H7901H8432H6189H2491H2719H6547H1995H5002H136H3069
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