Ezekiel 31:16
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I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the lower parts of the earth.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageAssyria was the dominant Mesopotamian empire northeast of Israel, portrayed as a lofty cedar in Lebanon, the mountain region famed for its great trees. Egypt, addressed through Pharaoh, is warned that even Assyria’s splendor was brought down by God among the nations.
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Ezekiel 31:16 mentions Assyria, Egypt and Lebanon.
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