Ezekiel 31:10

Pride

⁸ The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.

⁹ I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

¹¹ I delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it.

¹² Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,
KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
WEB: “Therefore thus said the Lord GOD: ‘Because he is exalted in stature, and he has set his top among the thick branches, and his heart is lifted up in his height,
ASV: Therefore thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou art exalted in stature, and he hath set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
DARBY: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast lifted up thyself in stature, and he hath set his top amidst the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height,
BLB: Therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Because that you became great in height, and it set its top to among the thick boughs, and was lifted up its heart in its height,

ÅB: Derfor sa Herren, Israels Gud, så: Siden han er blitt høy av vekst og har strakt sin krone opp mellom skyene, og han er blitt overmodig fordi han var blitt så høy,
OTB: “‘Derfor sier den suverene Herren: Fordi den ble opphøyet i høyde, og satte sin topp blant skyene, og dens hjerte ble stolt i sin høyhet,
B1930: Derfor sa Herren, Israels Gud, så: Siden han er blitt høi av vekst og har strakt sin krone op mellem skyene, og han er blitt overmodig fordi han var blitt så høi,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 28:17
Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
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Daniel 5:20
But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
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2 Chronicles 32:25
But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
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Proverbs 18:12
Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
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Ezekiel 31:14
This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’
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Daniel 4:30
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
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2 Chronicles 25:19
You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and boastful. Now stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
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Isaiah 14:13–15
You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
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