Search results for: Ezekiel 36:26–27
Ezekiel 31:4 (NIV)
The waters nourished it, deep springs made it grow tall; their streams flowed all around its base and sent their channels to all the trees of the field.
Ezekiel 31:5 (NIV)
So it towered higher than all the trees of the field; its boughs increased and its branches grew long, spreading because of abundant waters.
Ezekiel 31:6 (NIV)
All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs, all the animals of the wild gave birth under its branches; all the great nations lived in its shade.
Ezekiel 31:7 (NIV)
It was majestic in beauty, with its spreading boughs, for its roots went down to abundant waters.
Ezekiel 31:8 (NIV)
The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor could the junipers equal its boughs, nor could the plane trees compare with its branches— no tree in the garden of God could match its beauty.
Ezekiel 31:9 (NIV)
I made it beautiful with abundant branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden in the garden of God.
Ezekiel 31:10 (NIV)
“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud of its height,
Ezekiel 31:11 (NIV)
I gave it into the hands of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside,
Ezekiel 31:12 (NIV)
and the most ruthless of foreign nations cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys; its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth came out from under its shade and left it.
Ezekiel 31:13 (NIV)
All the birds settled on the fallen tree, and all the wild animals lived among its branches.
Ezekiel 31:14 (NIV)
Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined for death, for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.
Ezekiel 31:15 (NIV)
“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day it was brought down to the realm of the dead I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away.
Ezekiel 31:16 (NIV)
I made the nations tremble at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the realm of the dead to be with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.
Ezekiel 31:17 (NIV)
They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword, along with the armed men who lived in its shade among the nations.
Ezekiel 31:18 (NIV)
“ ‘Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendor and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword. “ ‘This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign Lord .’ ”
Ezekiel 32:1 (NIV)
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:
Ezekiel 32:2 (NIV)
“Son of man, take up a lament concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: “ ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas thrashing about in your streams, churning the water with your feet and muddying the streams.
Ezekiel 32:3 (NIV)
“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘With a great throng of people I will cast my net over you, and they will haul you up in my net.
Ezekiel 32:4 (NIV)
I will throw you on the land and hurl you on the open field. I will let all the birds of the sky settle on you and all the animals of the wild gorge themselves on you.
Ezekiel 32:5 (NIV)
I will spread your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.
Ezekiel 32:6 (NIV)
I will drench the land with your flowing blood all the way to the mountains, and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.
Ezekiel 32:7 (NIV)
When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
Ezekiel 32:8 (NIV)
All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you; I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Sovereign Lord .
Ezekiel 32:9 (NIV)
I will trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among lands you have not known.
Ezekiel 32:10 (NIV)
I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you, and their kings will shudder with horror because of you when I brandish my sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.