8. Cedars in the garden of God could not be equal to it; fir trees could not resemble its branches, and plane trees were not even like its branches; any tree even in the garden of God could not resemble it in its beauty.
9. I made it beautiful with the abundance of its branches, and all of the trees of Eden that were in the garden of God envied it.’ ”
10. Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because it was tall in height and it set its treetop between thick clouds, and he took pride in his tallness,
11. then I gave it into the hand of the leader of nations; he dealt thoroughly with it according to its wickedness. I drove it out.