Bible in Basic English
"I made it beautiful with its mass of branches: so that all the trees in the garden of God were full of envy of it."
— Ezekiel 31:9, Bible in Basic English
In its branches all the birds of heaven came to rest, and under its arms all the beasts of the field gave birth to their young, and great nations were living in its shade.
So it was beautiful, being so tall and its branches so long, for its root was by great waters.
No cedars were equal to it in the garden of God; the fir-trees were not like its branches, and plane-trees were as nothing in comparison with its arms; no tree in the garden of God was so beautiful.
I made it beautiful with its mass of branches: so that all the trees in the garden of God were full of envy of it.
For this cause the Lord has said: Because he is tall, and has put his top among the clouds, and his heart is full of pride because he is so high,
I have given him up into the hands of a strong one of the nations; he will certainly give him the reward of his sin, driving him out.
And men from strange lands, who are to be feared among the nations, after cutting him off, have let him be: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches have come down; his arms are broken by all the waterways of the land; all the peoples of the earth have gone from his shade, and have let him be.