3. What about Assyria?It was a cedar in Lebanonwith fine branches that shaded the forest.It was very tall.Its top was among the clouds.
4. Water made the tree grow,and underground springs made it tall.Rivers flowed around the place where the tree was planted.Streams ran beside all the other trees around it.
5. That is why it grew taller than all the other trees in the field.Its branches became large and long because of so much water.
6. All the birds made their nests in its branches.All the wild animals gave birth to their young under it.All the powerful nations lived in its shade.
7. So the tree was big and beautiful with its long branches.Its roots reached down to many sources of water.
8. The cedar trees in God’s garden couldn’t compare to it.The pine trees couldn’t equal its branches.The plane trees couldn’t measure up to its branches.All the trees in God’s garden couldn’t match its beauty.
9. I was the one who made it beautiful with its many branches.This tree was the envy of all the trees in Eden, in God’s garden.
10. “‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: The tree grew very tall, and its top reached the clouds. It became arrogant because it was so tall.
11. So I handed it over to a mighty ruler among the nations, and he surely dealt with it. I forced it out because of its wickedness.