Ezekiel 31:6

Among his branches, all the birds of the heavens, made their nests, And under his boughs, all the wild beasts of the field, brought forth,— And, in his shade, dwelt all the mighty nations.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

In Context

5For this cause higher, was his stature than any of the trees of the field,-And multiplied were his boughs And lengthened were his branches, By reason of the mighty waters when he shot forth shoots.

7Thus became he beautiful in his greatness, In the length of his waving branches, Because his root had gone towards mighty waters.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 17:23In the mountain of the height of Israel, will I plant it, And it shall put forth boughs And bear fruit, And become a majestic cedar,- And every bird of every wing shall dwell under it, In the shade of its branches, shall they dwell.

Daniel 4:21Whose, foliage, was beautiful, and whose, fruit, abundant, and, food for all, was in it,—under it, dwelt the wild beasts of the field, and, in the branches thereof, nestled the birds of the heavens:

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 31:2-10

The King of Assyria's Greatness. ( b. c. 588.) 1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. 4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with… Read the whole commentary →

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