Eze 31:3-9 | NASB2020 | STEP | ‘Behold , Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon With beautiful branches and forest shade , And very high , And its top was among the clouds .

Ezekiel 31:3-9

3 ‘Behold, Assyria was a ^acedar in Lebanon
With beautiful branches and forest shade,
And ^{▼▼Lit high of stature
,} ^cvery high,
And its top was among the ^{▼▼As in LXX; MT thick boughs}clouds.
4 ‘The ^ewaters made it grow, the ^{▼▼I.e., subterranean waters}deep made it high.
With its rivers it continually ^{▼▼Lit was going}extended all around its planting place,
And sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.
5 ‘Therefore ^hits height was loftier than all the trees of the field
And its boughs became many and its branches long
Because of ⁱmany waters ^{▼▼Lit in its sending forth}as it spread them out.
6 ‘All the ^kbirds of the sky nested in its twigs,
And under its branches all the animals of the field gave birth,
And all great nations lived under its shade.
7 ‘So it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches;
For its ^{▼▼Lit root was}roots extended to many waters.
8 ‘The ^mcedars in ⁿGod’s garden ^{▼▼Lit did}could not match it;
The junipers ^{▼▼Lit did}could not compare with its branches,
And the plane trees ^{▼▼Lit were not like}could not match its branches.
No tree in ^rGod’s garden ^{▼▼Lit did}could compare with it in its beauty.
9 ‘I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches,
And all the trees of ^tEden, which were in the ^ugarden of God, were jealous of it.