“All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.”
No cedar in the garden of God could rival it; no fir tree equaled its boughs; no plane tree was like its branches; no tree in the garden of God was equal to it in beauty, making the cosmic claim that among all beings in God's heavenly garden, no power rivaled Assyria's. The reference to the garden of God (Eden) suggests that Assyrian power approached cosmic, quasi-divine status. The accumulated negations emphasize Assyria's unparalleled supremacy.
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