10 ‘Therefore this is what the Lord [a]God says: “Because [b]it is tall in stature and has put its top among the [c]clouds, and its (A)heart is haughty in its loftiness, 11 I will hand it over to a [d](B)ruler of the nations; he will thoroughly deal with it. In accordance with its wickedness I have (C)driven it out. 12 (D)Foreign (E)tyrants of the nations have cut it down and left it; on the (F)mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its branches have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the peoples of the earth have (G)gone down from its shade and left it. 13 All the (H)birds of the sky will nest on its fallen trunk, and all the animals of the field will [e]rest on its fallen branches, 14 so that all the trees by the waters will not be exalted in their stature, nor put their tops among the [f]clouds, nor will any of their [g]well-watered mighty ones stand straight in their height. For they have all been turned over to death, to the (I)earth beneath, among [h]mankind, [i]with those who go down to the pit.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:10 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  2. Ezekiel 31:10 As in Syriac; MT you are
  3. Ezekiel 31:10 As in LXX; MT thick branches
  4. Ezekiel 31:11 Or mighty one
  5. Ezekiel 31:13 Lit be on
  6. Ezekiel 31:14 As in LXX; MT thick branches
  7. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit drinkers of water
  8. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit sons of mankind
  9. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit to

23 And in that the king saw an angelic watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven and saying, “(A)Chop down the tree and destroy it; yet leave the stump [a]with its roots in the ground, but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field, let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let [b]him share with the animals of the field until (B)seven [c]periods of time pass over him,”

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  1. Daniel 4:23 Lit of
  2. Daniel 4:23 Lit his share be with
  3. Daniel 4:23 I.e., years

10 And the (A)axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore, (B)every tree that does not bear good fruit is being cut down and thrown into the fire.

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19 (A)Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

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And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Look! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree [a]without finding any. (A)Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’ But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, leave it alone for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 13:7 Lit and I do not find

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