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# General Information:
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These are God's words to Pharaoh about Assyria. God gives his message in the form of a parable about a great cedar tree. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables]])
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# Behold!
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"Look!" or "Listen!" or "Pay attention to what I am about to tell you!"
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# Assyria was a cedar
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In this parable, God speaks about Assyria as if it were a great tree to emphasize how great and powerful the Assyrians were. This parable continues until 31:9. AT: "Assyria was like a cedar" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables]])
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# the branches formed its treetop
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"its top was above the branches of the other trees." Some versions of the Bible translate this as "the top of the tree was in the clouds."
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# Many waters made it tall
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"Because the cedar had a lot of water, it grew very tall"
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# the deep waters made it huge
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"the water deep in the ground made the cedar grow very big"
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# for their channels stretched out to all the trees in the field
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"and streams flowed from the rivers to all the trees of the field"
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/assyria]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cedar]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/lebanon]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water]]
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