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Ezekiel 31:1-3
Good News Translation
Ezekiel 31:1-3
Good News Translation
Egypt Is Compared to a Cedar Tree
31 On the first day of the third month of the eleventh year of our exile, the Lord spoke to me. 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?
3 You are like[a] a cedar in Lebanon,
With beautiful, shady branches,
A tree so tall it reaches the clouds.[b]
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 31:3 Probable text You are like; Hebrew Assyria is.
- Ezekiel 31:3 One ancient translation clouds; Hebrew thick branches.
Ezekiel 31:1-3
New International Version
Ezekiel 31:1-3
New International Version
Pharaoh as a Felled Cedar of Lebanon
31 In the eleventh year,(A) in the third month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:(B) 2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes:
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