Eze 31:3 | MHM | STEP | v. 3 : God gives an example for Pharaoh to consider: the king of Assyria. The Assyrian empire had been powerful for a long time, but it fell and was replaced by Babylon. The king of Assyria is compared to a tall cedar tree in Lebanon, higher than all the other trees. He was greater than all the rulers around him, just as the cedar was taller than all the trees of the field.

‏ Ezekiel 31:3

v. 3: God gives an example for Pharaoh to consider: the king of Assyria. The Assyrian empire had been powerful for a long time, but it fell and was replaced by Babylon. The king of Assyria is compared to a tall cedar tree in Lebanon, higher than all the other trees. He was greater than all the rulers around him, just as the cedar was taller than all the trees of the field.