“‘I made
The nations quake
At the sound
Of its fall.
I cast it down
To Sheol
With those
Who go down
To the pit.
All the trees of Eden,
The choice,
The best,
Of Lebanon,
All that were
Well-watered,
Were consoled
In the world below.
They also shall go down
To Sheol
With it,
Those killed
By the sword,
Along with its allies,
Those who lived
In its shadow
Among the nations.’”
Yahweh, via Ezekiel, said that he had made the other nations shake at the sound of this falling great cedar tree. Yahweh had cast it down to Sheol where others had gone into the pit also. This included the choice and best cedar trees from Lebanon and the Garden of Eden. All these well-watered trees were consoled in the world below. They all went down to Sheol with those who had been killed by the sword, as well as the allies who had lived in the shadow of this great tree.