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Assyria Is Like a Cedar Tree

31 On the first day of the third month in the eleventh year of exile, the word of the Lord came to me. He said, “Son of man,[a] say this to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his people:

“‘You are so great!
    Who can I compare you to?
Assyria was a cedar tree in Lebanon with beautiful branches,
    with forest shade, and very tall.
    Its top was among the clouds!

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:2 Son of man This was usually just a way of saying “a person” or “a human being.” Here, it is a way of addressing Ezekiel.

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