Ezekiel 31:3-5

New Century Version

³ Assyria was once like a cedar tree in Lebanon
    with beautiful branches that shaded the forest.
It was very tall;
    its top was among the clouds.
⁴ Much water made the tree grow;
    the deep springs made it tall.
Rivers flowed
    around the bottom of the tree
and sent their streams
    to all other trees in the countryside.
⁵ So the tree was taller
    than all the other trees in the countryside.
Its limbs became long and big
    because of so much water.