Ezekiel 31:12
“Strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.”
— Ezekiel 31:12
About this verse
Ezekiel 31:12 comes from the book of Ezekiel, written during the Exile (~586 BC) period. The setting is babylon. The dominant emotion in this verse is grieving, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the judgment genre of biblical literature. Key themes include destruction, desolation, foreign invasion. Notable phrases: strangers have cut him off; branches are fallen. This verse contains prophecy.
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Exile (~586 BC)
Emotion
grieving
Type
judgment
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