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Ezekiel 31:3

Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

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ASV

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

KJV

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הִנֵּ֨הhi.Nehthere!H2009 →
אַשּׁ֜וּר'a.ShurAssyriaH804 →
אֶ֣רֶז'E.rez[was] a cedarH730 →
בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹןba.le.va.Nonin <the> LebanonH3844 →
יְפֵ֥הye.Pehbeautiful ofH3303 →
עָנָ֛ף'a.Nafbranch[es]H6057 →
וְחֹ֥רֶשׁve.Cho.reshand forestH2793 →
מֵצַ֖לme.Tzalgiving shadeH6751 →
וּגְבַ֣הּu.ge.Vahand tall ofH1364 →
קוֹמָ֑הko.MahheightH6967 →
וּבֵ֣יןu.Veinand betweenH996 →
עֲבֹתִ֔ים'a.vo.TimbranchesH5688 →
הָיְתָ֖הha.ye.Tahit wasH1961 →
צַמַּרְתּֽוֹ׃tza.mar.Totreetop itsH6788 →

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Isaiah 10:33–34Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.Daniel 4:20–23The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,Daniel 4:10In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.Ezekiel 19:11It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.Ezekiel 17:22This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.Ezekiel 17:3–4and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.Judges 9:15But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’Ezekiel 31:17They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.Isaiah 45:14This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”Zechariah 11:2Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!Nahum 3:1–19Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.Daniel 4:12Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.Ezekiel 31:16I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.Ezekiel 31:6All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.Zephaniah 2:13And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.Isaiah 37:24Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.Daniel 4:20The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,Zechariah 11:1Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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