So it towered high above all the trees of the field; its boughs grew large and its branches long, from abundant water in its shoots.
The tree grew great and strong, its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the ends of the whole earth.
Then he took a seedling from the land, placed it in fertile soil; a plant by abundant waters, he set it like a willow twig.
The Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah: Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you base this reliance of yours?
They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper.
Consider Assyria, a cedar of Lebanon, with fair branches and forest shade, and of great height, its top among the clouds.