17 They also (A)went down with it to Sheol to those who were (B)slain by the sword; and those who were its [a]strength lived (C)in its shade among the nations.

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  1. Ezekiel 31:17 Lit arm

17 They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword,(A) along with the armed men who lived in its shade among the nations.

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14 He shouted out and spoke as follows:
(A)Chop down the tree and cut off its branches,
Shake off its foliage and scatter its fruit;
Let the (B)animals flee from under it
And the birds from its branches.

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14 He called in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree(A) and trim off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches.(B)

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17 Your (A)courtiers are like the migratory locust.
Your (B)officials are like a swarm of locusts
Settling in the stone shelters on a cold day.
The sun rises and they flee,
And the place where they are is not known.
18 Your shepherds are (C)sleeping, O (D)king of Assyria;
Your (E)officers are lying down.
Your people are (F)scattered on the mountains
And there is no one to gather them.

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17 Your guards are like locusts,(A)
    your officials like swarms of locusts
    that settle in the walls on a cold day—
but when the sun appears they fly away,
    and no one knows where.

18 King of Assyria, your shepherds[a] slumber;(B)
    your nobles lie down to rest.(C)
Your people are scattered(D) on the mountains
    with no one to gather them.

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  1. Nahum 3:18 That is, rulers