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Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/31.htm">New Living Translation</a> “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When Assyria went down to the grave, I made the deep springs mourn. I stopped its rivers and dried up its abundant water. I clothed Lebanon in black and caused the trees of the field to wilt. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/31.htm">English Standard Version</a> “Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day the cedar went down to Sheol I caused mourning; I closed the deep over it, and restrained its rivers, and many waters were stopped. I clothed Lebanon in gloom for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/31.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/31.htm">King James Bible</a> Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/31.htm">New King James Version</a> “Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘In the day when it went down to hell, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it. I restrained its rivers, and the great waters were held back. I caused Lebanon to mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/31.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “On the day when it went down to Sheol I caused mourning; I closed the deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/31.htm">NASB 1995</a> Thus says the Lord GOD, &#8220On the day when it went down to Sheol I caused lamentations; I closed the deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/31.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “On the day when it went down to Sheol I caused lamentations; I closed the deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/31.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “On the day when it went down to Sheol I caused mourning; I covered it with the deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/31.htm">Amplified Bible</a> ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “On the day when Assyria went down to Sheol (the place of the dead) I caused mourning; I closed the deep [subterranean waters] over it and restrained its rivers. And the many waters [that contributed to its prosperity] were held back; and I made [the heart of] Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away because of it. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/31.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “ ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: I caused grieving on the day the cedar went down to Sheol. I closed off the underground deep because of it: I held back the rivers of the deep, and its abundant water was restrained. I made Lebanon mourn on account of it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/31.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: I caused grieving on the day the cedar went down to Sheol. I closed off the underground deep because of it: I held back the rivers of the deep, and its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn on account of it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/31.htm">American Standard Version</a> Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the rivers thereof; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/31.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> On the day this tree dies and goes to the world below, I, the LORD God, will command rivers and streams to mourn its death. Every underground spring of water and every river will stop flowing. The mountains in Lebanon will be covered with darkness as a sign of their sorrow, and all the trees in the forest will wither. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/31.htm">English Revised Version</a> Thus saith the Lord GOD: In the day when he went down to hell I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the rivers thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/31.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> " 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: When the tree went down to the grave, I made people mourn. I covered the underground springs and held back the rivers. The many water sources stopped flowing. I made Lebanon mourn for the tree, and all the trees in the field fainted as they grieved over it. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/31.htm">Good News Translation</a> This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "On the day when the tree goes to the world of the dead, I will make the underground waters cover it as a sign of mourning. I will hold back the rivers and not let the many streams flow out. Because the tree has died, I will bring darkness over the Lebanon Mountains and make all the trees of the forest wither. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/31.htm">International Standard Version</a> "This is what the Lord GOD says: 'On the day that it descended into Sheol, I shut down its water supplies, covered over its deep water, and shut down its rivers. As a result its abundant water sources dried up, and I caused Lebanon to mourn for it. All the trees of the field wilted because of it. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/31.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: ?On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. <a href="/net/ezekiel/31.htm">NET Bible</a> "'This is what the sovereign LORD says: On the day it went down to Sheol I caused observers to lament. I covered it with the deep and held back its rivers; its plentiful water was restrained. I clothed Lebanon in black for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/31.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its floods, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. <a href="/web/ezekiel/31.htm">World English Bible</a> “The Lord Yahweh says: ‘In the day when he went down to Sheol, I caused a mourning. I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers. The great waters were stopped. I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/31.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Thus said Lord YHWH: I have caused mourning in the day of his going down to Sheol, "" I have covered the deep over him, and diminish its flowings, "" And many waters are restrained, "" And I make Lebanon black for him, "" And all trees of the field [have been] a covering for him. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the day of his going down to sheol I have caused mourning, I have covered for him the deep, and diminish its flowings, And restrained are many waters, And I make Lebanon black for him, And all trees of the field have been covered for him. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/31.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the day of his going down to hades caused to mourn: I covered the deep over him, and I shall restrain its floods, and many waters shall be withheld: and I will cause Lebanon to be darkened for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thus saith the Lord God: In the day when he went down to hell, I brought in mourning, I covered him with the deep: and I withheld its rivers, and restrained the many waters: Libanus grieved for him, and all the trees of the field trembled. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/31.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Thus says the Lord God: In the day when he descended into hell, I led in grieving. I covered him with the abyss. And I held back its rivers, and I restrained the many waters. Lebanon was saddened over him, and all the trees of the field were struck together. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/31.htm">New American Bible</a> Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day it went down to Sheol, I made the deep close up in mourning for it. I restrained the currents of the deep, and held back the many waters. I darkened Lebanon because of it, and all the trees of the field languished because of it. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day it went down to Sheol I closed the deep over it and covered it; I restrained its rivers, and its mighty waters were checked. I clothed Lebanon in gloom for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/31.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Thus says the LORD God: On the day when it went down to Sheol, I caused a mourning; I covered the deep for it and I restrained its rivers, and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for it, and all the trees of the field trembled for it. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/31.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: “In the day that he descended to Sheol, I made a grieving and I covered the depths over him and I held back his rivers, and the many waters were restrained, and I made Lebanon mournful over him, and all the trees of the wilderness drooped<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/31.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Thus saith the Lord GOD: In the day when he went down to the nether-world I caused the deep to mourn and cover itself for him, and I restrained the rivers thereof, and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/31.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Thus saith the Lord God; In the day wherein he went down to Hades, the deep mourned for him: and I stayed her floods, and restrained her abundance of water: and Libanus saddened for him, all the trees of the field fainted for him. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=9045" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/31.htm">Egypt will Fall Like Assyria</a> …14This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’ 15<a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bə·yō·wm (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">‘On the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: riḏ·tōw (V-Qal-Inf:: 3ms) -- To come or go down, descend. ">it was brought down</a> <a href="/hebrew/7585.htm" title="7585: šə·’ō·w·lāh (N-cs:: 3fs) -- Or shol; from sha'al; Hades or the world of the dead, including its accessories and inmates.">to Sheol,</a> <a href="/hebrew/56.htm" title="56: he·’ĕ·ḇal·tî (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs) -- To mourn. A primitive root; to bewail.">I caused mourning.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3680.htm" title="3680: kis·sê·ṯî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To cover. A primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. Fill up hollows; by implication, to cover.">I covered</a> <a href="/hebrew/8415.htm" title="8415: tə·hō·wm (N-cs) -- Deep, sea, abyss. Or thom; from huwm; an abyss, especially the deep.">the deep</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">because of it;</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4513.htm" title="4513: wā·’em·na‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To withhold, hold back. A primitive root; to debar from benefit or injury.">I held back</a> <a href="/hebrew/5104.htm" title="5104: na·hă·rō·w·ṯe·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- A stream, river. From nahar; a stream; figuratively, prosperity.">its rivers;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bîm (Adj-mp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">its abundant</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">waters</a> <a href="/hebrew/3607.htm" title="3607: way·yik·kā·lə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To shut up, restrain, withhold. A primitive root; to restrict, by act or word.">were restrained.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3844.htm" title="3844: lə·ḇā·nō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- A wooded mountain range on the N. border of Isr. From lbab; white mountain; Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine.">I made Lebanon</a> <a href="/hebrew/6937.htm" title="6937: wā·’aq·dir (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To be dark. A primitive root; to be ashy, i.e. Dark-colored; by implication, to mourn.">mourn</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">for it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘ă·ṣê (N-mpc) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">the trees</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: haś·śā·ḏeh (Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">of the field</a> <a href="/hebrew/5969.htm" title="5969: ‘ul·peh (N-fs) -- An envelope, mourning. From alaph; an envelope, i.e. mourning.">fainted</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">because of it.</a> 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/14-9.htm">Isaiah 14:9-11</a> Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones. / They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!” / Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket. <a href="/isaiah/14-15.htm">Isaiah 14:15-17</a> But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit. / Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble, / who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?” <a href="/ezekiel/32-18.htm">Ezekiel 32:18-32</a> “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit: / Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised! / They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes. ... <a href="/isaiah/24-21.htm">Isaiah 24:21-22</a> In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below. / They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days. <a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a> Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead. <a href="/revelation/20-13.htm">Revelation 20:13-14</a> The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. / Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. <a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a> Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth. <a href="/revelation/9-1.htm">Revelation 9:1-2</a> Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss. / The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit. <a href="/revelation/11-7.htm">Revelation 11:7</a> When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them. <a href="/revelation/17-8.htm">Revelation 17:8</a> The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be. <a href="/revelation/1-18.htm">Revelation 1:18</a> the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades. <a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. <a href="/luke/10-15.htm">Luke 10:15</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! <a href="/job/26-5.htm">Job 26:5-6</a> The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them. / Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. <a href="/psalms/88-10.htm">Psalm 88:10-12</a> Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah / Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? / Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Thus said the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.I caused a.<a href="/nahum/2-8.htm">Nahum 2:8-10</a> But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back… <a href="/revelation/18-9.htm">Revelation 18:9-11,18,19</a> And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, … mourn [heb] be black<a href="/malachi/3-4.htm">Malachi 3:4</a> Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/30-13.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-18.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-4.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/jeremiah/45-3.htm">Fainted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-13.htm">Field</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-10.htm">Floods</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-17.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-7.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-18.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Lebanon</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Mourn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-31.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-9.htm">Nether-World</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-8.htm">Restrained</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-12.htm">Rivers</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-9.htm">Sheol</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-9.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-14.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-14.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/32-23.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-7.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-7.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-14.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/daniel/8-27.htm">Fainted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-4.htm">Field</a> <a href="/jonah/2-3.htm">Floods</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-16.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-3.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-31.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-16.htm">Lebanon</a> <a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">Mourn</a> <a href="/daniel/10-2.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-16.htm">Nether-World</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-18.htm">Restrained</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-2.htm">Rivers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-16.htm">Sheol</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-7.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-16.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-2.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 31</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/31-1.htm">A relation unto Pharaoh</a> 3. <a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">of the glory of Assyria</a> 10. <a href="/ezekiel/31-10.htm">and the fall thereof for pride</a> 18. <a href="/ezekiel/31-18.htm">The like destruction of Egypt</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/31.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/31.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>This is what the Lord GOD says: This phrase emphasizes the authority and divine origin of the message. It is a common introduction in prophetic literature, underscoring that the message is not from the prophet himself but from God. This establishes the seriousness and authenticity of the prophecy.On the day it was brought down to Sheol: Sheol is the Hebrew term for the realm of the dead, often depicted as a shadowy place where the deceased reside. The imagery of being brought down to Sheol signifies judgment and the end of life or power. This reflects the fate of nations or leaders who oppose God, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/isaiah/14-9.htm">Isaiah 14:9-11</a>, where Babylon's fall is similarly described.I caused mourning: Mourning here indicates a profound sense of loss and lamentation. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, mourning was a communal activity, often involving rituals and expressions of grief. This phrase suggests that the fall of the entity being judged is significant enough to warrant widespread lament.I covered the deep because of it; The "deep" refers to the primordial waters, often associated with chaos in ancient Near Eastern cosmology. Covering the deep could symbolize a return to chaos or a disruption of the natural order, indicating the severity of the judgment.I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained: Rivers and abundant waters symbolize life, prosperity, and sustenance. Restraining them signifies a withdrawal of blessing and life, leading to desolation. This imagery is reminiscent of God's control over creation, as seen in <a href="/genesis/1-9.htm">Genesis 1:9-10</a>, where He gathers the waters.I made Lebanon mourn for it: Lebanon, known for its majestic cedars, symbolizes strength and beauty. The mourning of Lebanon indicates a significant loss, affecting even the most splendid and powerful. This can be connected to the lament over Tyre in <a href="/ezekiel/27.htm">Ezekiel 27</a>, where the fall of a great city causes widespread grief.and all the trees of the field fainted because of it: Trees often symbolize nations or leaders in biblical literature. The fainting of the trees suggests a widespread impact, where the fall of one great entity causes fear and instability among others. This is similar to the imagery in <a href="/daniel/4-10.htm">Daniel 4:10-14</a>, where a great tree representing a kingdom is cut down, affecting all who depended on it.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a> The sovereign and authoritative voice in this passage, delivering a message of judgment. 2. <a href="/topical/s/sheol.htm">Sheol</a> The realm of the dead, often depicted as a place of darkness and silence in the Old Testament. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_deep.htm">The Deep</a> Refers to the primordial waters, symbolizing chaos and mourning in this context. 4. <a href="/topical/l/lebanon.htm">Lebanon</a> Known for its majestic cedars, representing strength and pride, now clothed in mourning. 5. <a href="/topical/t/trees_of_the_field.htm">Trees of the Field</a> Symbolic of nations or people affected by the judgment pronounced.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a> God is in control of all creation, including the forces of nature, to execute His judgment. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride.htm">The Consequences of Pride</a> The imagery of Lebanon and the trees serves as a warning against pride and self-exaltation. <a href="/topical/m/mourning_and_repentance.htm">Mourning and Repentance</a> The mourning of creation reflects the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance. <a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_sheol.htm">The Reality of Sheol</a> Sheol serves as a reminder of the reality of death and the ultimate accountability before God. <a href="/topical/i/interconnectedness_of_creation.htm">Interconnectedness of Creation</a> The impact on Lebanon and the trees illustrates how sin and judgment affect the broader creation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_31.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 31</a> <a href="/q/how_do_sheol_and_abaddon_align_today.htm">Proverbs 15:11: How do ancient concepts of Sheol and Abaddon align with modern historical or archaeological findings on the afterlife?</a> <a href="/q/why_liken_assyria_to_a_tall_cedar.htm">How can Ezekiel 31:3 liken Assyria to a cedar 'taller than all the trees,' when historical or archaeological evidence doesn't support such an exaggerated greatness?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_ezekiel's_throne_sapphire-like.htm">Why does the throne in Ezekiel 1:26 appear like sapphire, and does this contradict other biblical depictions of God's throne?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_missionary_martyr_jim_elliot.htm">How does the Bible's promised land relate to today's borders?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/31.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) I covered the deep for him.--<a href="/context/ezekiel/31-15.htm" title="Thus said the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.">Ezekiel 31:15-17</a> describe the effect of Assyria's fall. <a href="/ezekiel/31-15.htm" title="Thus said the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.">Ezekiel 31:15</a> speaks of the mourning of the nations and of the drying up of the streams, or sources of Assyria's prosperity. "The deep" is the same as in <a href="/ezekiel/31-4.htm" title="The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers to all the trees of the field.">Ezekiel 31:4</a>, the flood of waters which fertilised the great cedar; this is covered, as in mourning. "Floods" is the same word as "rivers" in <a href="/ezekiel/31-4.htm" title="The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers to all the trees of the field.">Ezekiel 31:4</a>, and "great waters" as "multitude of waters" in <a href="/ezekiel/31-5.htm" title="Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.">Ezekiel 31:5</a>. "To mourn" is, literally, to be black, and the sense is well given in our version, although the original is more appropriate to the figure of Lebanon with its cedars. "The trees of the field" are, of course, the subordinate potentates, who are dismayed, "faint," at Assyria's fall. (Comp. <a href="/context/ezekiel/26-15.htm" title="Thus said the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the middle of you?">Ezekiel 26:15-18</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/31.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 15. - I covered the deep for him. The face of the whole world of nature is painted by the prophet as sharing in the awe and terror of that tremendous fail Lebanon was made to mourn (literally, to be black), the waters failed in their channels, the trees (all that drink water) shuddered. They formed part, as it were, of the pageantry of woe at the funeral of the fallen kingdom. It is as if the prophet felt, in all its intensity, what we have learnt to call the sympathy of nature with the sorrows of humanity. It would, perhaps, be over-literal to press details; but the picture, in one of its features at least, suggests a failure of the inundation of the Nile, like that indicated in <a href="/ezekiel/30-12.htm">Ezekiel 30:12</a>. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/31-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>This is what כֹּֽה־ (kōh-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord GOD יְהוִ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel says: אָמַ֞ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘On the day בְּי֨וֹם (bə·yō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day it was brought down רִדְתּ֤וֹ (riḏ·tōw) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> To come or go down, descend to Sheol, שְׁא֙וֹלָה֙ (šə·’ō·w·lāh) Noun - common singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7585.htm">Strong's 7585: </a> Underworld (place to which people descend at death) I caused grief. הֶאֱבַ֜לְתִּי (he·’ĕ·ḇal·tî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_56.htm">Strong's 56: </a> To bewail I covered כִּסֵּ֤תִי (kis·sê·ṯî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3680.htm">Strong's 3680: </a> To plump, fill up hollows, to cover the deep תְּה֔וֹם (tə·hō·wm) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8415.htm">Strong's 8415: </a> An abyss, the deep because of it; עָלָיו֙ (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against I held back וָֽאֶמְנַע֙ (wā·’em·na‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4513.htm">Strong's 4513: </a> To debar, from benefit, injury its rivers; נַהֲרוֹתֶ֔יהָ (na·hă·rō·w·ṯe·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5104.htm">Strong's 5104: </a> A stream, prosperity its abundant רַבִּ֑ים (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> Much, many, great waters מַ֣יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> Water, juice, urine, semen were restrained. וַיִּכָּלְא֖וּ (way·yik·kā·lə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3607.htm">Strong's 3607: </a> To shut up, restrain, withhold I made Lebanon לְבָנ֔וֹן (lə·ḇā·nō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3844.htm">Strong's 3844: </a> Lebanon -- a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel mourn וָאַקְדִּ֤ר (wā·’aq·dir) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6937.htm">Strong's 6937: </a> To be ashy, darkcolored, to mourn for it, עָלָיו֙ (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against and all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the trees עֲצֵ֥י (‘ă·ṣê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> Tree, trees, wood of the field הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה (haś·śā·ḏeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> Field, land fainted עֻלְפֶּֽה׃ (‘ul·peh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5969.htm">Strong's 5969: </a> An envelope, mourning because of it. עָלָ֥יו (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/31-15.htm">Ezekiel 31:15 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/31-15.htm">Ezekiel 31:15 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/31-15.htm">Ezekiel 31:15 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/31-15.htm">Ezekiel 31:15 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/31-15.htm">Ezekiel 31:15 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/31-15.htm">Ezekiel 31:15 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/31-15.htm">Ezekiel 31:15 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/31-15.htm">Ezekiel 31:15 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/31-15.htm">Ezekiel 31:15 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/31-15.htm">Ezekiel 31:15 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-15.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 31:15 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: (Ezek. 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