KJV ORIGINAL
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Foreign armies — the most ruthless nations — came and chopped him down, then just walked away. His branches are scattered across mountains and valleys, his limbs broken along every riverbank. All the people who used to find shelter under his shade? They're gone. They all abandoned him.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Even the mightiest can fall when everyone who depended on them walks away.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The prophet Ezekiel wrote this book to the Jewish exiles living in Babylon during the early 6th century BCE. It was written to explain God's judgment
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