Ezekiel 31:8-10

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.

31:10 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because it was tall in stature, and its top reached into the clouds, and it was proud of its height,

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