Ezekiel 31:3-5

The Voice

³         Think about Assyria—a land once broad and handsome.
    Like a cedar in Lebanon offering shade and beauty,
        it grew high enough to reach the clouds!
⁴     Heaven’s waters made it grow, kept it healthy;
        the deep waters made it grow tall,
    Causing the rivers to flow around where it was planted,
        channeling water to all the thirsty trees of the field.
⁵     It towered high above all the other trees in that place.
        Its boughs increased in number;
    Its branches grew stronger, thicker, and longer—
        nourished by the generous waters beneath it.