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And it was, in the eleventh year, in the third month , in the first◦ day of the month , that the word of Jehovah was unto▵ me, saying,
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Son of man , say unto▵ Pharaoh king of Egypt , and to▵ his multitude◦; to▵ whom art thou likened in thy greatness?
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Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful boughs, and shadowing woods, and of a tall stature ; and his top··branch was between the intertwined··branches .
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The waters made· him ·great, the abyss lifted· him ·up◦ with◦ her rivers going◦ all around his plants, and sent ··out her waterways to▵ all the trees of the field .
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Therefore his stature was··loftier than all the trees of the field , and his limbs were multiplied, and his branches became··long from many waters, when he sent · them ·out.
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All the fowls of the heavens nested in his limbs, and under his branches did all the animals of the field give··birth , and in his shadow dwelt all the many nations .
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And he was··beautiful in his greatness, in the length of his offshoots; for his root was by many waters.
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The cedars did not obscure him in the garden of God ; the firs were not likened to▵ his limbs, and the plane··trees were not as his branches; not any tree in the garden of God was··likened to▵ him in his beauty .
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I have made him beautiful with the multitude of his offshoots; and all the trees of Eden that were in the garden of God were··envious of him.
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Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovih*, Because thou hast made· thyself ·tall in stature , and he has put ◦ his top··branch in▵ between the intertwined··branches, and his heart is exalted in his loftiness;
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And I have given him into the hand of the powerful▵ one of the nations ; dealing he shall deal with him; I have driven· him ·out according··to▵ his wickedness.
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And strangers, the terrible of the nations , have cut· him ·off, and have abandoned him; to▵ the mountains and in all the ravines his offshoots are fallen , and his branches are broken in all the channels of the land ; and all the people of the land are gone··down from his shadow , and have abandoned him.
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Upon his fall shall all the fowls of the heavens abide◦, and all the animals of the field shall be in▵ his branches:
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in··order··that not any of the trees of the waters be··lofty in their stature , neither put◦ their top··branch in▵ between the intertwined··branches, neither their powerful ones stand in their loftiness, all that drink water ; for they are all given to death, to▵ the lower◦ earth , in the midst of the sons of man, to▵ those who go ··down to the pit .
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Thus says the Lord Jehovih ; In the day of his going··down toward hell I caused a mourning ; I covered the abyss over him, and I withheld its rivers , and the many waters were held··back: and I caused Lebanon to blacken over him, and all the trees of the field over him were fatigued.
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I made the nations to quake at the voice of his fall, when I made him go··down to▫ hell with◦ those who go··down to the pit ; and all the trees of Eden , the choice and best of Lebanon , all that drink water , shall be comforted in the lower◦ earth .
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They◦ also went··down unto▫ hell with◦ him unto▵ them that be slain with the sword ; and they that were his arm , that dwelt in his shadow in the midst of the nations .
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to▵ whom in··this··manner art thou likened in glory and in greatness among◦ the trees of Eden ? But thou shalt be brought··down with◦ the trees of Eden to▵ the lower◦ earth ; thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with◦ them that be slain by the sword . This◦ is Pharaoh and all his crowd, says ◦ the Lord Jehovih .