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“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his (A)multitude,

‘To whom do you liken yourself in your greatness?
Behold, Assyria was a (B)cedar in Lebanon
With beautiful branches and forest shade
And (C)lofty in height,
And its top was among the [a]clouds.
The (D)waters made it grow; the [b]deep made it high.
With its rivers it was going all around its planting place
And sent out its conduits to all the trees of the field.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:3 As in Gr; M.T. thick boughs
  2. Ezekiel 31:4 Subterranean waters