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Egypt Learns from Assyria’s Demise

31 On the first day of the third month of the eleventh year of our captivity,[a] this message came to me from the Lord: “Son of Man, tell this to Pharaoh, king of Egypt and his gangs:

‘Who do you think you are?
    What makes you so great?
Think about Assyria,[b]
    that cedar of Lebanon,
beautiful with its branches,
    like a shady forest,
with an awesome height,
    its summit touches the clouds.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:1 The Heb. lacks of our captivity
  2. Ezekiel 31:3 Lit. Asshur