¹³ The birds will come and perch on the fallen tree, and the wild animals will walk over its branches. ¹⁴ And so from now on, no tree, no matter how well-watered it is, will grow that tall again or push its top through the clouds^[a] and reach such a height. All of them are doomed to die like mortals, doomed to join those who go down to the world of the dead.”

¹⁵ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “On the day when the tree goes to the world of the dead, I will make the underground waters cover it as a sign of mourning. I will hold back the rivers and not let the many streams flow out. Because the tree has died, I will bring darkness over the Lebanon Mountains and make all the trees of the forest wither.