and when it is sprung up, it waxeth into a tree, and is made greater than all herbs; and it maketh great branches, so that [the] birds of heaven may dwell under the shadow thereof.
As an apple tree among the trees of woods, so is my darling among sons. I sat under the shadow of him, whom I desired; and his fruit was sweet to my throat.
They shall not annoy, and shall not slay, in all mine holy hill [or holy mountain]; for why the earth is filled with the knowing of the Lord, as [the] waters of the sea covering.
And a man shall be, as he that is hid from [the] wind, and hideth himself from tempest; as streams of waters in thirst, and the shadow of a stone standing far out in a desert land.
In the high hill of Israel I shall plant it; and it shall break out into burgeoning, and it shall make fruit, and it shall be into a great cedar, and all birds shall dwell under it; each volatile shall make nest under the shadow of his boughs.
Which [truly] is the least of all seeds, but when it hath waxen, it is the most of all worts, and is made a tree; so that [the] birds of the air come, and dwell in the boughs [or the branches] thereof.