waters: Ezekiel 17:5, Ezekiel 17:8; Proverbs 14:28; Jeremiah 51:36; Revelation 17:1, Revelation 17:15
made him great: or, nourished him
set: or, brought, little rivers. or, conduits.
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Ezekiel 31:4
Ezekiel 31:4
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