Ezekiel 31:6
Good News Translation
Every kind of bird built nests in its branches; The wild animals bore their young in its shelter; The nations of the world rested in its shade.

New Revised Standard Version
All the birds of the air made their nests in its boughs; under its branches all the animals of the field gave birth to their young; and in its shade all great nations lived.

Contemporary English Version
Birds built nests in its branches, and animals were born beneath it. People from all nations lived in the shade of this strong tree.

New American Bible
In its branches nested all the birds of the sky; Under its boughs all the wild animals gave birth, And in its shade dwelt all the mighty nations.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had spread forth his shadow, all the fowls of the air made their nests in his boughs, and all the beasts of the forest brought forth their young under his branches, and the assembly of many nations dwelt under his shadow.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when he had spread forth his shadow, all the fowls of the air made their nests in his boughs, and all the beasts of the forest brought forth their young under his branches, and the assembly of many nations dwelt under his shadow.

Ezekiel 17:23 On the high mountains of Israel will I plant it, and it shall shoot forth into branches and shall bear fruit, and it shall become a great cedar: and all birds shall dwell under it, and every fowl shall make its nest under the shadow of the branches thereof.

Daniel 4:12,21 Nevertheless, leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and let it be tied with a band of iron and of brass, among the grass, that is without, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let its portion be with the wild beasts in the grass of the earth. . . .

Matthew 13:32 Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is grown up, it is greater than all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come, and dwell in the branches thereof.

Context
Egypt will Fall Like Assyria
5Therefore was his height exalted above all the trees of the country and his branches were multiplied, and his boughs were elevated because of many waters. 6And when he had spread forth his shadow, all the fowls of the air made their nests in his boughs, and all the beasts of the forest brought forth their young under his branches, and the assembly of many nations dwelt under his shadow.7And he was most beautiful for his greatness, and for the spreading of his branches: for his root was near great waters.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:32
Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is grown up, it is greater than all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come, and dwell in the branches thereof.

Mark 4:32
And when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the birds of the air may dwell under the shadow thereof.

Ezekiel 17:23
On the high mountains of Israel will I plant it, and it shall shoot forth into branches and shall bear fruit, and it shall become a great cedar: and all birds shall dwell under it, and every fowl shall make its nest under the shadow of the branches thereof.

Ezekiel 31:7
And he was most beautiful for his greatness, and for the spreading of his branches: for his root was near great waters.

Ezekiel 31:13
All the fowls of the air dwelt upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the field were among his branches.

Ezekiel 31:17
For they also shall go down with him to hell to them that are slain by the sword; and the arm of every one shall sit down under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

Daniel 4:10
I saw in the vision of my head upon my bed, and behold a watcher, and a holy one came down from heaven.

Daniel 4:12
Nevertheless, leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and let it be tied with a band of iron and of brass, among the grass, that is without, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let its portion be with the wild beasts in the grass of the earth.

Daniel 4:21
This is the interpretation of the sentence of the most High, which is come upon my lord, the king.

Ezekiel 31:5
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