Ezekiel 31:5

31:5 Therefore it grew taller than all the trees of the field;

its boughs grew large and its branches grew long,

because of the plentiful water in its shoots. ¹ 

Ezekiel 31:7

31:7 It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches;

for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.

Ezekiel 32:13

32:13 I will destroy all its cattle beside the plentiful waters;

and no human foot will disturb ²  the waters ³  again,

nor will the hooves of cattle disturb them.

Ezekiel 16:7

16:7 I made you plentiful like sprouts in a field; you grew tall and came of age so that you could wear jewelry. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, but you were still naked and bare.

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¹ tn Heb “when it sends forth.” Repointing the consonants of the Masoretic text would render the proposed reading “shoots” (cf. NRSV).

² tn Heb “muddy.”

³ tn Heb “them,” that is, the waters mentioned in the previous line. The translation clarifies the referent.