V. THE GREAT CEDAR TREE 31:1-18

This oracle follows the preceding one by some two months. The date according to the present calendar would be June 21, 587 B.C. (Ezekiel 31:1). In the first unit of this chapter Egypt is likened to a cedar (Ezekiel 31:2-9). This poetic comparison is followed by two prose oracles describing the downfall of the magnificent tree at the hands of foreigners (Ezekiel 31:10-14) and its descent into Sheol (Ezekiel 31:15-18).

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