“Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.”
Therefore it towered high above all the trees of the field; its boughs grew large and its branches long, from abundant water in its shoots, extending the description of Assyria's supremacy among all other powers, with abundant resources ('abundant water in its shoots') fueling its growth. The emphasis on height and breadth suggests absolute dominance in the ancient Near Eastern political order.
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