10 Lot looked out and saw that the entire Jordan Valley(A) as far as[a] Zoar(B) was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden(C) and the land of Egypt. This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 13:10 Lit Valley as you go to

For the Lord will comfort Zion;(A)
He will comfort all her waste places,
and He will make her wilderness like Eden,(B)
and her desert like the garden of the Lord.(C)
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and melodious song.

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13 You were in Eden,(A) the garden of God.
Every kind of precious stone covered you:
carnelian, topaz, and diamond,[a]
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,[b] turquoise[c] and emerald.[d]
Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold;(B)
they were prepared on the day you were created.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:13 Hb obscure
  2. Ezekiel 28:13 Or lapis lazuli
  3. Ezekiel 28:13 Or malachite, or garnet
  4. Ezekiel 28:13 Or beryl

The cedars in God’s garden could not rival it;(A)
the pine trees couldn’t compare with its branches,
nor could the plane trees match its boughs.
No tree in the garden of God
could compare with it in beauty.

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A fire destroys[a] in front of them,(A)
and behind them a flame devours.
The land in front of them
is like the Garden of Eden,(B)
but behind them,
it is like a desert wasteland;(C)
there is no escape from them.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:3 Lit consumes

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