Ezekiel 31:16
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“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 trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.”
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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מַיִם
water
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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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רָעַשׁ
I caused to tremble
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רָעַשׁ
to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust)
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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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גּוֹי
nations
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גּוֹי
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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תַּחְתִּי
lowest
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תַּחְתִּי
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
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מַפֶּלֶת
downfall/ its
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מַפֶּלֶת
fall, i.e. decadence; concretely, a ruin; specifically a carcase
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לְבָנוֹן
Lebanon
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לְבָנוֹן
Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
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שָׁתָה
drinkers of
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שָׁתָה
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
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עֵדֶן
Eden
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עֵדֶן
Eden, the region of Adam's home
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מִבְחָר
the choicest
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מִבְחָר
select, i.e. best
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