Today is the 15th day of November.

Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible.

I am Brian.

It's great to be here with you today around this global campfire that we share together where no

matter where we are no matter when we're listening someone else is as well and

we're never alone here and it's beautiful it's a

beautiful thing and we've come together to take the next step forward in the

scriptures we're reading from the Common English Bible this week and we'll

continue our journey through Ezekiel and Hebrews. Tomorrow will conclude the book of Hebrews.

But let's not get ahead of ourselves, Ezekiel chapter 31 verse 1 through 32 verse 32. In the 11th year, on the first day of the third month, the Lord's word came to me.

Human one.

Say to Pharaoh, Egypt's king and his troops,

With whom do you compare in your greatness?

Consider Assyria, a cedar of Lebanon, beautiful branches, dense shade, towering height.

Indeed, its top went up between the clouds.

Waters nourished it.

The deep raised it up,

because its streams flowed around the place where it was planted.

From there, water trickled down to all the other trees of the field.

And so it became higher than all the trees of the field.

Its branches became abundant, its boughs grew long.

Because of the plentiful water, it grew freely. All the birds in the sky made nests in its branches. All the beasts of the

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