Ezekiel 31:3-5

Modern English Version

³ Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon,
    with fair branches and shade for a forest,
    and high stature;
and its top was among the clouds.
⁴ The waters made it great;
    the deep set it up on high.
With its rivers it continually ran
    all around its plants,
and sent out its little rivers
    to all the trees of the field.
⁵ Therefore its height was exalted
    above all the trees of the field,
and its boughs were multiplied,
    and its branches became long
    because of the abundance of water, as it spread them out.