These are God's words to Pharaoh about Assyria. God gives his message in the form of a parable about a great cedar tree. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables]])

## Behold ##

This can be translated as “Look” or “Listen” or “Pay attention to what I am about to tell you.”

## a forested canopy ##

Possible meanings are: 1) "with so many branches that it provided good shade" or 2) "that provided shade for the other trees in the forest."

## and great height ##

"and very tall"

## And its tree top was above the branches ##

Possible meanings are 1) "Its top was above the branches of the other trees" or  2) "The top of the tree was in the clouds."

## many waters made it tall ##

"Because the cedar had a lot of water, it grew very tall"

## the deep waters made it huge ##

"the water deep in the ground made the cedar grow very big"

## for their channels stretched out to all the trees in the field ##

"and streams flowed from the rivers to all the trees of the field."