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title = "Ezekiel 31:1–18"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel31.1-18)
Chapter 31 is a prophecy against Pharaoh, but it is a little strange in that
it is mostly not about him. Instead, Egypt is compared to Assyria, a great
empire that had fallen in the previous century to Babylon. There are apparently
some scholars who think "Assyria" was a one-letter copy error, and it should
be translated as "cypress" to make the whole passage about Egypt directly. I'm
not conviced by that. The wording of the question in verse 2 still makes sense
when "Assyria" is the answer.
Assyria stood tall and proud like a cedar of Lebanon. Such trese grew hundreds
of feet tall and were prized for their lumber. Their boughs provided homes
for birds and shade for the beasts of the field, which are compared to the
smaller nations surrounding it. Not even the trees in the Garden of Eden were
as beautiful and great as this tree.
But that made Assyria the tree proud. Its top rose higher than the clouds and
its pride caused God to bring it low. A foreign nation cuts down the tree, and
the birds and beasts dwell on the fallen trunk . No longer will a tree grow
that tall, and all the other trees take notice and quake at the disaster that
has befallen Assyria.
So then, the question is asked of Egypt again: "Whom are you like in glory and
greatness?" And the answer is still "Assyria", for the same fate will befall
them.
* * *
Human pride always seeks to supplant Your deserved greatness. Show us the error
of our ways.