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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/jit/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. Alternate translation: "Assyria was like a cedar" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/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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