“Thus says Yahweh God!
‘On the day
It went down
To Sheol,
I closed the deep
Over it.
I covered it.
I restrained
Its rivers.
It mighty waters
Were checked.
I clothed Lebanon
In gloom
For it.
All the trees
Of the field
Fainted
Because of it.’”
Once again, carrying on the theme that Yahweh was in control of all the trees, Yahweh closed the deep abyss that had given water to this great cedar tree. Yahweh covered over and restrained the deep abyss streams that were now held in check. The cedar tree, like other humans, had gone to Sheol, the shadowy underworld afterlife place. Thus, Lebanon was in gloom and mourning for the lost personified tree. Also, all the other trees of the forest fainted because of this happening.
