Ezekiel 31

Ezekiel uses the allegory of a majestic cedar tree to describe the glory and ultimate destruction of Assyria, warning Egypt that the same fate awaits them. The cedar was magnificent, towering over all the trees of the field, so beautiful that even the trees in the Garden of Eden envied it. Yet, because of its arrogance, God allowed a foreign nation (Babylon) to cut it down. God declares that Pharaoh and his multitude will share the same fate, being cast down to the pit of the grave like the fallen Assyrians.