Ezekiel 31:1-9

1In the 1eleventh 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 2hordes, ‘Whom are you like in your greatness?3Behold, Assyria was a 3cedar in Lebanon With beautiful branches and forest shade, And 45very high, And its top was among the 6clouds.4The 7waters made it grow, the 8deep made it high. With its rivers it continually 9extended all around its planting place, And sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.5Therefore 10its height was loftier than all the trees of the field And its boughs became many and its branches long Because of 11many waters 12as it spread them out.6All the 13birds 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.7So it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; For its 14roots extended to many waters.8The 15cedars in 16God’s garden 17could not match it; The 18cypresses 19could not compare with its boughs, And the plane trees 20could not match its branches. No tree in 21God’s garden 22could compare with it in its beauty.9I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches, And all the trees of 23Eden, which were in the 24garden of God, were jealous of it.