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That’s why it grew taller than any of the trees in the fields.
    Its boughs flourished.
Its branches grew luxurious
    because all the water made it spread out well.
The birds in the sky made nests in its boughs;
    all the beasts of the field gave birth under its branches.
        All the great nations rested in its shade.

‘Beautiful because it was so great,
    with its long branches,
        it was rooted in many bodies of water.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:7 Lit. many waters