Ezekiel 31:3-5

International Standard Version

³ Think about Assyria,^[a]
    that cedar of Lebanon,
beautiful with its branches,
    like a shady forest,
with an awesome height,
    its summit touches the clouds.
⁴ Abundant water made it great,
    Subterranean rivers made it grow.
Rivers surrounded the area where it had been planted,
    and water channels nourished all the trees in the fields.
⁵ 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.