2 “Mortal man,” he said, “say to the king of Egypt and all his people:How powerful you are!What can I compare you to?
3 You are like a cedar in Lebanon,With beautiful, shady branches,A tree so tall it reaches the clouds.
4 There was water to make it grow,And underground rivers to feed it.They watered the place where the tree was growingAnd sent streams to all the trees of the forest.
5 Because it was well-watered,It grew taller than other trees.Its branches grew thick and long.
6 Every kind of bird built nests in its branches;The wild animals bore their young in its shelter;The nations of the world rested in its shade.
7 How beautiful the tree was—So tall, with such long branches.Its roots reached down to the deep-flowing streams.
8 No cedar in God's garden could compare with it.No fir tree ever had such branches,And no plane tree such limbs.No tree in God's own garden was so beautiful.