Yehezkiel 31:4-5

31:4 The water made it grow;

underground springs made it grow tall.

Rivers flowed all around the place it was planted,

while smaller channels watered all the trees of the field. ¹ 

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. ² 

Yehezkiel 32:4

32:4 I will leave you on the ground,

I will fling you on the open field,

I will allow ³  all the birds of the sky to settle ⁴  on you,

and I will permit ⁵  all the wild animals ⁶  to gorge themselves on you.

[31:4]  ¹ tn Heb “Waters made it grow; the deep made it grow tall. It (the deep) was flowing with its rivers around the place it (the tree) was planted, it (the deep) sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.”

[31:5]  ² tn Heb “when it sends forth.” Repointing the consonants of the Masoretic text would render the proposed reading “shoots” (cf. NRSV).

[32:4]  ³ tn Or “cause.”

[32:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “live.”

[32:4]  ⁵ tn Or “cause.”

[32:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.