Ezekiel 31:8-9

31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it,

nor could the fir trees ¹  match its boughs;

the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches;

no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.

31:9 I made it beautiful with its many branches;

all the trees of Eden, in the garden of God, envied it.

Ezekiel 31:16

31:16 I made the nations shake at the sound of its fall, when I threw it down to Sheol, along with those who descend to the pit. ²  Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and the best of Lebanon, all that were well-watered, were comforted in the earth below.

Ezekiel 31:18

31:18 Which of the trees of Eden was like you in majesty and loftiness? You will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword! This is what will happen to Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

[31:8]  ¹ tn Or “cypress trees” (cf. NASB, NLT); NIV “pine trees.”

[31:16]  ² sn For the expression “going down to the pit,” see Ezek 26:20; 32:18, 24, 29.