“Therefore,
Thus says Yahweh God!
‘The cedar tree
Towered high.
It set its top
Among the clouds.
Its heart
Was proud
Of its height.
I will give it
Into the hand
Of the prince
Of the nations.
He has dealt
With it,
As its wickedness deserves.
I have cast it out.
Foreigners,
From the most terrible
Of the nations,
Have cut it down.
They have left it.
Its branches
Have fallen
On the mountains.
In all the valleys.
Its boughs
Lie broken
In all the watercourses
Of the land.
All the people
Of the earth
Went away
From its shade.
They left it.’”
Yahweh, via Ezekiel, said that this great cedar tree towered high, with its tree top in the clouds. This tree was proud in its heart of its height. Yahweh gave it to the prince of the nations, probably the king of Babylon, who dealt with it because of its wickedness. Yahweh was going to cast it out. Foreigners from the worst nations came and cut it down. They left it lying on the mountains and in the valleys. The fallen broken branches were on the ground and in small streams of water. Everybody went away from its shade, as they left this fallen tree alone.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 