Isaiah 10:33-34

New International Version

³³See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off^(A) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,^(B)
    the tall^(C) ones will be brought low.^(D)
³⁴He will cut down^(E) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon^(F) will fall before the Mighty One.^(G)

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Ezekiel 17:3-4

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³Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: A great eagle^(A) with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon.^(B) Taking hold of the top of a cedar, ⁴he broke off^(C) its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.

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Ezekiel 17:22

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²²“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot^(A) from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.^(B)

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Ezekiel 17:22 in all English translations

Ezekiel 31:16

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¹⁶I 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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Daniel 4:10

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¹⁰These are the visions I saw while lying in bed:^(A) I looked, and there before me stood a tree in the middle of the land. Its height was enormous.^(B)

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Daniel 4:20-23

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²⁰The tree you saw, which grew large and strong, with its top touching the sky, visible to the whole earth, ²¹with beautiful leaves and abundant fruit, providing food for all, giving shelter to the wild animals, and having nesting places in its branches for the birds^(A)— ²²Your Majesty, you are that tree!^(B) You have become great and strong; your greatness has grown until it reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to distant parts of the earth.^(C)

²³“Your Majesty saw a holy one,^(D) a messenger, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump, bound with iron and bronze, in the grass of the field, while its roots remain in the ground. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven; let him live with the wild animals, until seven times pass by for him.’^(E)

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