*Ezekiel‬ ‭31:1‬ ‭NIV* “In the eleventh year, in the third month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:”‬‬

*31:1ff* This message was given in 587B.C. Ezekiel compared Egypt to Assyria, calling Assyria a great cedar tree. The Egyptians were to look at the fall of the mighty nation of Assyria (whose demise they had seen) as an example of what would happen to them. Just like Assyria, Egypt took pride in its strength and beauty; this would be its downfall. She would crash like a mighty tree and be sent to the place of the dead. There is no permanence apart from God, even for a great society with magnificent culture and military power.