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- 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: en:ta:vol1: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."