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Ezekiel chapter 31 verses 9 through 11.

I made it beautiful.

God says in the mass of its branches and all the trees of Eden envied it that were in the garden of God.

Therefore thus says the Lord God because it towered high and set its top among the clouds, and its heart was

proud of its height.

I will give it into the hand of a mighty one of the nations. He shall surely deal with it as its wickedness deserves. I have cast it out.

Oh, please don't miss what these three verses are saying.

This is so significant for each one of our hearts and our lives for the way we think about ourselves,

the way we think about the world around us. So God here in Ezekiel chapter 31 is talking about

his judgment coming toward Egypt. But in the beginning he's talking about Assyria and how Assyria was like a cedar in Lebanon and the description is like this towering majestic tree, high with branches that were beautiful, like the trees of Eden

envied it, they were in the Garden of Eden envied it.

They were in the Garden of God, like this beautiful tree,

but don't miss what verse 9 says.

God says, I made it beautiful. So all that it had came from me, God says. And then he says in

verse, therefore thus says the Lord of God, because it

towered high, said its top among the clouds and its heart was proud of its

height. In other words, Assyria had all of this greatness and Assyria thought

that that greatness was attributed to Assyria. To the leaders of Assyria, to the people of Assyria, instead of to God who is the one who gave it height.

And God says, I'm going to give it now and to the hand of a mighty one of the

nations and it will be dealt with as its wickedness deserves, it will be cast out, brought down.

Brought low is the language we see later in the chapter.

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