Ezekiel 31:1-9

31¹ In the eleventh e year , in the third month, on the first of the month , the word of the Lord came to me saying , ² "Son of man , say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes , 'Whom e are you like in your greatness ? ³ 'Behold , Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon With beautiful branches and forest shade , And very high , And its top was among the clouds . ⁴ 'The waters made it grow , the deep made it high . With its rivers it continually extended all around its planting place , And sent out its channels to all the trees of the field . ⁵ 'Therefore e its height was loftier than all the trees of the field And its boughs became many and its branches long Because of many waters as it spread them out. ⁶ 'All the birds of the heavens nested in its boughs , And under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth , And all great nations lived under its shade . ⁷ 'So it was beautiful in its greatness , in the length of its branches ; For its roots extended to many waters . ⁸ 'The cedars in God's garden could not match it; The cypresses could not compare with its boughs , And the plane trees could not match its branches . No e tree in God's garden could compare with it in its beauty . ⁹ 'I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches , And all the trees of Eden , which were in the garden of God , were jealous of it.