Ezekiel 19:11

19:11 Its boughs were strong, fit ¹  for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds.

It stood out because of its height and its many branches. ² 

Ezekiel 30:18

30:18 In Tahpanhes the day will be dark ³ 

when I break the yoke of Egypt there.

Her confident pride will cease within her;

a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.

Ezekiel 34:27

34:27 The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the earth will yield its crops. They will live securely on their land; they will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

¹ tn The word “fit” does not occur in the Hebrew text.

² tn Heb “and it was seen by its height and by the abundance of its branches.”

³ sn In Zeph 1:15 darkness is associated with the day of the Lord.