Ezekiel 31:1-9

31¹ On June 21, during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the Lord : ² "Son of man, give this message to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and all his hordes: "To whom would you compare your greatness? ³ You are like mighty Assyria, which was once like a cedar of Lebanon, with beautiful branches that cast deep forest shade and with its top high among the clouds. ⁴ Deep springs watered it and helped it to grow tall and luxuriant. The water flowed around it like a river, streaming to all the trees nearby. ⁵ This great tree towered high, higher than all the other trees around it. It prospered and grew long thick branches because of all the water at its roots. ⁶ The birds nested in its branches, and in its shade all the wild animals gave birth. All the great nations of the world lived in its shadow. ⁷ It was strong and beautiful, with wide-spreading branches, for its roots went deep into abundant water. ⁸ No other cedar in the garden of God could rival it. No cypress had branches to equal it; no plane tree had boughs to compare. No tree in the garden of God came close to it in beauty. ⁹ Because I made this tree so beautiful, and gave it such magnificent foliage, it was the envy of all the other trees of Eden, the garden of God.