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| | And the Bible tells of a ruler who was in the garden: | | And the Bible tells of a ruler who was in the garden: |
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| − | Eze 31:3 '''Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches''', and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. | + | Eze 31:3 '''Behold, the Assyrian was a <U>cedar</u> in Lebanon with fair branches''', and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. |
| | <br />Eze 31:6 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'''. | | <br />Eze 31:6 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'''. |
| | <br />Eze 31:7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. | | <br />Eze 31:7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. |
| − | <br />Eze 31:8 '''The cedars in the <font color=red>garden of God</font> could not hide him''': the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; '''nor any tree in the <font color=red>garden of God</font>''' was like unto him in his beauty. | + | <br />Eze 31:8 '''The <u>cedars</u> in the <font color=red>garden of God</font> could not hide him''': the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; '''nor any tree in the <font color=red>garden of God</font>''' was like unto him in his beauty. |
| | <br />Eze 31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: '''so that all the <font color=red>trees of Eden</font>''', '''that were in the <font color=red>garden of God</font>, envied him.''' | | <br />Eze 31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: '''so that all the <font color=red>trees of Eden</font>''', '''that were in the <font color=red>garden of God</font>, envied him.''' |
| − | <br />Eze 31:16 '''I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall''', when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: '''and all the <font color=red>trees of Eden</font>''', the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. | + | <br />Eze 31:16 '''I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall''', when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: '''and all the <font color=red><u>trees</u> of Eden</font>''', the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. |
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| | For more references on trees symbolizing people see: Jdg 9:7-15, Daniel 4:20&21, Rev 11:3&4, Gen 49:22, Eze 17:2-13, John 15:1, and Matthew 3:10. | | For more references on trees symbolizing people see: Jdg 9:7-15, Daniel 4:20&21, Rev 11:3&4, Gen 49:22, Eze 17:2-13, John 15:1, and Matthew 3:10. |