Ezekiel 31:15
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.”
יָרַד
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
עֵץ
the trees of
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עֵץ
Tree. Ets. A tree planted by rivers of water. The righteous person is like a tree with deep roots in God's word, bearing fruit in season and never withering.
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תְּהוֹם
the deep
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תְּהוֹם
Deep, abyss. Tehom. The primordial deep waters. The Spirit of God moved over the face of the deep. God is not afraid of the deep places. He moves there.
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כָּסָה
I covered
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כָּסָה
To cover, to conceal. Kasah. He who covers his sin will not prosper. Covering sin keeps it alive. Confessing it ends it. Bring it into the light.
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מַיִם
waters
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מַיִם
Waters. Mayim. God gathered the waters and called them seas. Jesus said rivers of living water will flow from within those who believe in Him.
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שְׁאוֹל
Sheol/ towards
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שְׁאוֹל
Hell, grave — sheol; the realm of the dead; David says even there God is present and the Holy One would not be abandoned to it
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עַל
on/ it
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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כֹּה
thus
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כֹּה
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
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נָהָר
rivers/ its
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נָהָר
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
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רַב
many
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רַב
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
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עֻלְפֶּה
were wilted
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עֻלְפֶּה
an envelope, i.e. (figuratively) mourning
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לְבָנוֹן
Lebanon
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לְבָנוֹן
Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
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יְהֹוִה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוִה
{YHWH}
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