1 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
2 'Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his throng of subjects: "What can compare with you for greatness?
3 I know: a cedar tree in the Lebanon with noble branches, dense foliage, lofty height. Its top pierces the clouds.
4 The waters have made it grow, the deep has made it tall, pouring its rivers round the place where it is planted, sending rivulets to all the wild trees.
5 This is why its height was greater than that of other wild trees, its branches increased in number, its boughs stretched wide, because of the plentiful waters making it grow.
6 All the birds of heaven nested in its branches; under its boughs all wild animals dropped their young; in its shade sat many, many people.
7 It was beautiful in its size, in the span of its boughs; for its roots were in plentiful waters.
8 There was no cedar like it in the garden of God, no cypress had branches such as these, no plane tree could match its boughs, no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.
9 I had made it so lovely with its many branches that it was the envy of every tree in Eden, in the garden of God.
10 "Very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: "Since it has raised itself to its full height, has lifted its top into the clouds, and has grown arrogant about its height,
11 I have handed it over to the prince of the nations, for him to treat as its wickedness deserves; I have rejected it.
12 Foreigners, the most barbarous of nations, have cut it down and deserted it. On the mountains, in all the valleys, lie its branches; its broken boughs are in every ravine throughout the country; everybody in the country has fled its shade and deserted it.
13 On its wreckage perch all the birds of heaven; all the wild animals have advanced on its branches.
14 "So in future let no tree rear its height beside the waters, none push its top into the clouds, no watered tree stretch its height towards them. For all of them are doomed to death, to the depths of the underworld, with the common run of humanity, with those who sink into oblivion.
15 "The Lord Yahweh says this: The day it went down to Sheol, I imposed mourning, I closed the deep over it. I stopped its rivers and the plentiful waters dried up; I made Lebanon dark because of it, and all the wild trees wilted because of it.
16 With the noise when it fell I made the nations quake, as I hurled it down to Sheol, with those who sink into oblivion. In the depths of the underworld all the trees of Eden took comfort, the pick of the loveliest trees of the Lebanon, all irrigated by the waters.
17 And its offspring among the nations, once living in its shade, went down to Sheol with it, to those who have been slaughtered by the sword.
18 "Which of the trees of Eden compares with you for glory and greatness? Yet you have been hurled down with the trees of Eden, to the depths of the underworld, among the uncircumcised, and there you lie with those who have been slaughtered by the sword. So much for Pharaoh and all his throng-- declared the Lord Yahweh."'
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Ezekiel 31 describes the fall of Egypt's Pharaoh and its greatness compared to the majesty of a giant tree that was cut and fell. The topics covered include God's sovereignty over nations and the danger of arrogance and pride.
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Daniel 4:30-32: "The king said, and said, This is not the great Babylon that I edited to the royal house, with the strength of my power and to the glory of my majesty? , when a voice from heaven fell: it is said to be, O king Nebuchadnezzar: the kingdom has passed from you. And you will be taken from men, and your abode will be with the animals of the countryside; oxen, and they will pass upon you seven times, until you know that the Most High has mastery over the kingdom of men, and gives it to whom it wants. " This verse shows the fall of Nebuchadnezzar because of its arrogance and pride.
Isaiah 14:13-14: "And you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, above the stars of God I will exalt my throne, and on the hill of the congregation I will sit from the band on the north. Clouds, and I will be similar to the Most High. " This verse shows the fall of Lucifer because of his arrogance and desire to be like God.
Obadiah 1:3-4: "Your superb has deceived you, and the arrogance of your heart, which dwells in the cracks of the rocks, in your high abode; who says in your heart: Who will knock me down on land? Eagle, and put your home among the stars, I will knock you down, says the Lord. " This verse shows that arrogance can lead to fall, no matter how high a person may seem to be.
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