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14 For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high.[a] For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth;[b] they will be among mere mortals,[c] with those who descend to the Pit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:14 tn Heb “and they will not stand to them in their height, all the drinkers of water.”
  2. Ezekiel 31:14 tn Heb “for death, to the lower earth.”
  3. Ezekiel 31:14 tn Heb “the sons of men.”

14 Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined(A) for death,(B) for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.(C)

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