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Yahweh's parable about the cedar continues.
when I threw him down to Sheol
"When I threw that tree down to Sheol." This phrase means, "when I killed the cedar." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
with those who went down into the pit
"with everyone else who had died and gone into the ground"
in the lowest parts of the earth
"that were already deep down in the ground". This phrase means "that had already died."
The choicest and best trees of Lebanon, the trees that drink the waters
"the best trees of Lebanon that everyone would want, trees that got a lot of water." These are the trees of Eden that were in the lowest parts of the earth.
the choicest
"The choicest" is something that everyone would want because it is very good.