ABP - Ezekiel - 31

31:1  And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, day one of the month, [3came 1the word 2of the lord] to me, saying,

31:2  O son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude! To whom did you liken yourself in your haughtiness?

31:3  Behold, Assyria was a cypress in Lebanon, and goodly in shoots, and dense in the protection, and high in size; and [3into 4the midst 5of the clouds 2came 1his top].

31:4  Water nourished him, the deep made him rise up high; [3the 4rivers 1she 2led] round about his plants, and [2her collections of water 1she sent forth] unto all the trees of the field.

31:5  Because of this, [2was raised up high 1his greatness] over all the trees of the field, and [3were multiplied 2tender branches 1his], and [2were raised up high 1his shoots] over [2water 1much], in his stretching out.

31:6  In his shoots nested all the birds of the heaven, and underneath his tender branches [6procreated 1all 2the 3wild beasts 4of the 5plain]; in his shadow dwelt all the multitude of nations.

31:7  And he became good in his height because of the multitude of his tender branches; for [2existed 1his roots] among [2water 1much].

31:8  And [2cypresses 1such] in the paradise of God, and the pines were not likened to his shoots; and fir trees were not likened to his branches; every tree in the paradise of God was not likened to him in his beauty.

31:9  Because of the multitude of his tender branches [3good 1I made 2him] by the multitude of his tender branches. And [8were jealous of 9him 1the 2trees 3of the 4paradise 5of the 6delicacy 7of God].

31:10  On account of this, thus says Adonai the lord; Because you became great to greatness, and you put your top into the midst of clouds; and [2was lifted up 1his heart] unto his height;

31:11  even I delivered him up into the hands of the ruler of the nations; and he caused his destruction.

31:12  And [2utterly destroyed 3him 1strangers], pestilent ones from the nations. And they threw him down upon the mountains. In all the ravines [2fell 1his tender branches]; and [2were broken 1his trunks] in every plain of the land. And [6went down 7from 8his protection 1all 2the 3peoples 4of the 5nations], and they dashed him.

31:13  [7upon 8his downfall 6rested 1All 2the 3birds 4of the 5heaven]; and upon his trunks existed all the wild beasts of the field,

31:14  so that [7should not 8be exalted 9in 10their greatness 1all 2the 3trees 4by 5the 6water], and do not put their top into the midst of clouds; and [5stand not 6in 7their height 8against 9him 1all 2the ones 3drinking 4water]. All were given unto death in [2of the earth 1the depth], in the midst of the sons of men going down into the pit.

31:15  Thus says Adonai the lord; In which day he went down into Hades, [3mourned 4him 1the 2abyss]. And I attended to her rivers, and restrained the abundance of water. And [2was darkened 3over 4him 1Lebanon]; all the trees of the plains [2by 3him 1were enfeebled].

31:16  From the sound of his downfall [3shook 1the 2nations] when I brought him down unto Hades with the ones going down into the pit. And [6comforted 7him 8in 10earth 9lowermost 1all 2the 3trees 4of the 5delicacy], and the chosen ones and the best ones of Lebanon, all the ones drinking water.

31:17  For also even they went down with him into Hades with the ones slain by the sword; and his seed dwelling under his protection [2in 3the middle 4of their life 1were destroyed].

31:18  To whom are you likened in power, and in glory, and in greatness among the trees of the delicacy? Go down with the trees of the delicacy into [2of the earth 1the depth]! [2in 3the midst 4of uncircumcised 1You shall sleep], with ones slain by sword. Thus Pharaoh and all the multitude of his strength, says Adonai the lord.