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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Ezekiel 31 Lamsa Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/31.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/31-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Lamsa</a> > Ezekiel 31</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/30.htm" title="Ezekiel 30">◄</a> Ezekiel 31 <a href="../ezekiel/32.htm" title="Ezekiel 32">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>AND it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his armed forces: To whom do you liken yourself in your greatness?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>Behold, the Assyrian was like a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches giving a thick shade and of a high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>The waters made it grow, the deep made it to grow high, the rivers running round about its plants, and sent forth its branches over all the trees of the field.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Therefore its height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and its branches were multiplied, and its boughs became long because of many waters which caused it to grow.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>All the fowls of the air made their nests in its boughs, and under its branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under its shadow dwelt all great nations.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>Thus was it beautiful in its greatness and in the multitude of its branches; for its roots were by the great waters.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>The cedars in the garden of God could not surpass it; the fir trees did not equal its boughs; the plane trees were not like its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like to it in its beauty.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches; so that all the trees of Eden that were in the garden of God envied it.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore thus says the LORD God: Because it has exalted itself and has shot up its top among the thick boughs and its heart is haughty because of its height, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>I have therefore delivered it into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with it according to its sin; and he shall destroy it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>And foreigners, the most powerful of the nations shall destroy it, and leave it upon the mountains, and its branches shall fall in all the valleys, and its boughs shall be broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth shall go down from its shadow, and leave it alone. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>And when it falls, all the fowls of the air shall alight upon it and all the beasts of the field shall be under its branches, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>To the end that none of all the trees by the waters may exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their tops among the thick boughs, nor shall any of them stand up in their height like it, all that are planted by the water; for they are all delivered to death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men who go down into the pit.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>The earth trembled at the sound of its fall, when I brought it down to Sheol with those who go down into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and the best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the nether parts of the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>They also went down to Sheol with it to those who are slain by the sword; and its posterity dwelt under its shadow among the nations.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/31-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>To whom are you thus like in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet you were brought down with the trees of Eden to the nether parts of the earth; you shall lie among the uncircumcised with those that are slain by the sword. This is the fate of Pharaoh and all his army, says the LORD God.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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