Ezekiel 31:1-9 (New International Version)

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A Cedar in Lebanon

1 In the eleventh year,¹ in the third month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me:² 2 "Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes: " 'Who can be compared with you in majesty? 3 Consider Assyria,³ once a cedar in Lebanon,⁴ with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest; it towered on high, its top above the thick foliage.⁵ 4 The waters⁶ nourished it, deep springs made it grow tall; their streams flowed all around its base and sent their channels to all the trees of the field.⁷ 5 So it towered higher⁸ than all the trees of the field; its boughs increased and its branches grew long, spreading because of abundant waters.⁹ 6 All the birds of the air nested in its boughs, all the beasts of the field gave birth¹⁰ under its branches; all the great nations lived in its shade.¹¹ 7 It was majestic in beauty, with its spreading boughs, for its roots went down to abundant waters.¹² 8 The cedars¹³ in the garden of God could not rival it, nor could the pine trees equal its boughs, nor could the plane trees¹⁴ compare with its branches-- no tree in the garden of God could match its beauty.¹⁵ 9 I made it beautiful with abundant branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden¹⁶ in the garden of God.¹⁷

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