Ezekiel 31:3

Behold, the Assyrian [was] a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

Behold, the Assyrian {H804} was a cedar {H730} in Lebanon {H3844} with fair {H3303} branches {H6057}, and with a shadowing {H6751} shroud {H2793}, and of an high {H1362} stature {H6967}; and his top {H6788} was among the thick boughs {H5688}.

Like Ashur, a cedar in the L'vanon. It had beautiful branches, dense foliage, its tall crown surrounded by leafy boughs.

Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 10:33 (5 votes)

    Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature [shall be] hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

  • Isaiah 10:34 (5 votes)

    And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

  • Daniel 4:10 (4 votes)

    Thus [were] the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof [was] great.

  • Daniel 4:20 (4 votes)

    The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

  • Daniel 4:23 (4 votes)

    And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and [let] his portion [be] with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

  • Ezekiel 17:3 (3 votes)

    And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

  • Ezekiel 17:4 (3 votes)

    He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.