Ezekiel 31:2-4

The Voice

    Who is comparable to your greatness, Pharaoh?
³         Think about Assyria—a land once broad and handsome.
    Like a cedar in Lebanon offering shade and beauty,
        it grew high enough to reach the clouds!
⁴     Heaven’s waters made it grow, kept it healthy;
        the deep waters made it grow tall,
    Causing the rivers to flow around where it was planted,
        channeling water to all the thirsty trees of the field.