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In the
eleventh * year, in the
third month, on the
first of the
month, the
word of the
LORD came to me
saying,
d'x,a.B yivyil.V;B h'n'v her.f,[ t;x;a.B yih.y;w ? r{mael y;lea h'wh.y -r;b.d h'y'h v,d{x;l
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"Son of
man,
say to
Pharaoh king of
Egypt and to his
hordes,
'Whom * are you
like in your
greatness?
~Iy;r.cim -.k,l,m h{[.r;P -l,a r{m/a ~'d'a -n,B ? '$,l.d'g.b 'tyim'D yim -l,a w{nw{m]h -l,a.w
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'Behold,
Assyria was a
cedar in
Lebanon With
beautiful branches and
forest shade, And
very high, And its
top was
among the
clouds.
v,r{x.w @'n'[ hep.y !w{n'b.L;B z,r,a r.WV;a heNih ? w{T.r;M;c h't.y'h ~yit{b][ !yeb.W h'mw{q H;b.g.W l;cem
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'The
waters made it
grow, the
deep made it
high. With its
rivers it continually
extended all around its
planting place, And
sent out its
channels to
all the
trees of the
field.
'hy,t{r]h;n -t,a .Wh.t'm.m{r ~w{h.T .Wh.Wl.DiG ~Iy;m ? h'x.liv 'hy,t{l'[.T -t,a.w H'['J;m tw{byib.s .$el{h ? h,d'F;h yec][ -l'K l,a
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'Therefore * its
height was
loftier than all the
trees of the
field And its
boughs became many and its
branches long Because of
many waters as it
spread them out.
h'ny,B.riT;w h,d'F;h yec][ l{Kim w{t'm{q a'h.b'G !eK -l;[ ? ~yiB;r ~Iy;Mim w{t{ra{p h'n.k;r/a,T;w wy't{P;[.r;s ? w{x.L;v.B
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'All the
birds of the
heavens nested in its
boughs, And
under its
branches all the
beasts of the
field gave birth, And
all great nations lived under its
shade.
t;x;t.w ~Iy;m'V;h @w{[ -l'K .Wn.niq wy't{P;[.siB ? .Wb.vey w{Lic.b.W h,d'F;h t;Y;x l{K .Wd.l'y wy't{ra{P ? ~yiB;r ~Iyw{G l{K
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'So it was
beautiful in its
greatness, in the
length of its
branches; For its
roots extended to
many waters.
h'y'h -yiK wy'tw{Yil'D .$,r{a.B w{l.d'g.B @Iy.Y;w ? ~yiB;r ~Iy;m -l,a w{v.r'v
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'The
cedars in
God's garden could not
match it; The
cypresses could not
compare with its
boughs, And the
plane trees could not match its
branches.
No * tree in
God's garden could
compare with it in its
beauty.
~yivw{r.B ~yih{l/a -n;g.B .WhUm'm][ -a{l ~yiz'r]a ? .Wy'h -a{l ~yin{m.r;[.w wy't{P;[.s -l,a .Wm'd a{l ? h'm'd -a{l ~yih{l/a -n;g.B #e[ -l'K wy't{ra{p.K ? w{y.p'y.B wy'lea
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'I
made it
beautiful with the
multitude of its
branches, And
all the
trees of
Eden,
which were in the
garden of
God, were
jealous of it.
.WhUa.n;q.y;w wy'tw{Yil'D b{r.B wyityif][ h,p'y ? ~yih{l/a'h !;g.B r,v]a !,de[ -yec][ -l'K
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'Therefore thus says the
Lord GOD,
"Because * it is
high in
stature and has
set its
top among the
clouds, and its
heart is
haughty in its
loftiness,
'T.h;b'G r,v]a !;[;y hiwh.y y'n{d]a r;m'a h{K !ek'l ? ~yitw{b][ !yeB -l,a w{T.r;M;c !eTiY;w h'mw{q.B ? w{h.b'g.B w{b'b.l ~'r.w
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therefore I will
give it into the
hand of a
despot of the
nations; he will
thoroughly deal with it. According to its
wickedness I have
driven it
away.
w{l h,f][;y w{f'[ ~Iyw{G lyea d;y.B .When.T,a.w ? .WhiT.v;reG w{[.vir.K
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"Alien tyrants of the
nations have
cut it
down and
left it; on the
mountains and in
all the
valleys its
branches have
fallen and its
boughs have been
broken in
all the
ravines of the
land. And
all the
peoples of the
earth have
gone down from its
shade and
left it.
.WhUv.JiY;w ~Iyw{g yecyir'[ ~yir'z .WhUt.r.kiY;w ? wy'tw{Yil'd .Wl.p'n ]tw{y'aeG -l'k.b.W ~yir'h,h -l,a ? .Wd.reY;w #,r'a'h yeqyip]a l{k.B wy't{ra{p h'n.r;b'ViT;w ? .WhUv.JiY;w #,r'a'h yeM;[ -l'K w{LiCim
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"On its
ruin all the
birds of the
heavens will
dwell, and
all the
beasts of the
field will be on its fallen
branches
wy't{ra{P -l,a.w ~Iy'm'V;h @w{[ -l'K .Wn.K.vIy w{T.l;P;m -l;[ ? h,d'F;h t;Y;x l{K .Wy'h
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so that
all the
trees by the
waters may not be
exalted in their
stature,
nor set their
top among the
clouds,
nor their
well-watered mighty ones
stand erect in their
height. For they have
all been
given over to
death, to the
earth beneath,
among the
sons of
men, with those who
go down to the
pit."
~Iy;m -yec][ -l'K ~'t'mw{q.b .Wh.B.gIy -a{l r,v]a !;[;m.l ? ~yit{b][ !yeB -l,a ~'T.r;M;c -t,a .Wn.TIy -a{l.w ? yet{v -l'K ~'h.b'g.B ~,hyelea .Wd.m;[;y -a{l.w ? tyiT.x;T #,r,a -l,a t,w'M;l .Wn.Tin ~'LUk -yiK ~Iy'm ? rw{b yed.rw{y -l,a ~'d'a yen.B .$w{t.B
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'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.
h'lw{a.v w{T.dir ~w{y.B hiwh.y y'n{d]a r;m'a -h{K ? [;n.m,a'w ~w{h.T -t,a wy'l'[ yiteSiK yiT.l;b/a,h ? wy'l'[ riD.q;a'w ~yiB;r ~Iy;m .Wa.l'KiY;w 'hy,tw{r]h;n ? h,P.lU[ wy'l'[ h,d'F;h yec][ -l'k.w !w{n'b.l
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"I made the
nations quake at the
sound of its
fall when I made it
go down to
Sheol with those who
go down to the
pit; and
all the
well-watered trees of
Eden, the
choicest and
best of
Lebanon, were
comforted in the
earth beneath.
w{t{a yidirw{h.B ~Iyw{g yiT.v;[.rih w{T.l;P;m lw{Qim ? #,r,a.B .Wm]x'NiY;w rw{b yed.rw{y -t,a h'lw{a.v ? !w{n'b.l -bw{j.w r;x.bim !,de[ -yec][ -l'K tyiT.x;T ? ~Iy'm yet{v -l'K
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"They
also went down with it to
Sheol to those who were
slain by the
sword; and those who were its
strength lived under its
shade among the
nations.
b,r'x -yel.l;x -l,a h'lw{a.v .Wd.r'y w{Tia ~eh -m;G ? ~Iyw{G .$w{t.B w{Lic.b .Wb.v'y w{[{r.z.W
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"To
which among the
trees of
Eden are you
thus equal in
glory and
greatness? Yet you will be
brought down with the
trees of
Eden to the
earth beneath; you will
lie in the
midst of the
uncircumcised, with those who were
slain by the
sword. So is
Pharaoh and
all his
hordes!"'
declares the
Lord GOD."
!,de[ -yec][;B l,d{g.b.W dw{b'k.B h'k'K 'tyim'd yim -l,a ? tyiT.x;T #,r,a -l,a !,de[ -yec][ -t,a 'T.d;r.Wh.w ? a.Wh b,r,x -yel.l;x -t,a b;K.viT ~yiler][ .$w{t.B ? hiwh.y y'n{d]a ~Ua.n q]h{nw{m]h -l'k.w h{[.r;p