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14 (A)All this is in order that no trees by the waters may grow to towering height or set their tops among the clouds, and that no trees that drink water may reach up to them in height. For they are all given over to death, (B)to the world (C)below, among the children of man,[a] with those who go down to the pit.

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  1. Ezekiel 31:14 Or of Adam

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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16 (A)I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall, (B)when I cast it down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit. (C)And all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, (D)were comforted in the world below.

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16 I made the nations tremble(A) at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the realm of the dead to be with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees(B) of Eden,(C) the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled(D) in the earth below.(E)

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18 (A)“Son of man, (B)wail over (C)the multitude of Egypt, and (D)send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, (E)to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:

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18 “Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign(A) to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit.(B)

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24 (A)“Elam is (B)there, and all her multitude round her grave; all of them (C)slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into (D)the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and (E)they bear their shame (F)with those who go down to the pit.

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24 “Elam(A) is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.(B) All who had spread terror in the land of the living(C) went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.(D)

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