Holy Scripture
Ezekiel 31:3
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 35, 36, and following) And I will bring you into a desert of peoples, and there I will judge you face to face. Just as I contended with your fathers in the desert of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, says the Lord. And I will subject you to my scepter, and I will bring you into the bonds of the covenant,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3Behold, the Assyrian was a cypress in Lebanon, and was fair in shoots, and high in stature: his top reached to the midst of the clouds.
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1And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; To whom hast thou compared thyself in thy haughtiness?
— Ezekiel 31:3 —
4The water nourished him, the depth made him grow tall; she led her rivers round about his plants, and she sent forth her streams to all the trees of the field.
5Therefore was his stature exalted above all the trees of the field, and his branches spread far by the help of much water.