Ezekiel 31:3

3. The Assyrian The Hebrew text and all versions read as A.V.; in which case Egypt would be compared to Assyria, a country as great as itself yet now crushed by Nebuchadnezzar. One species of cedar was, however, called Tasshur, and if this is referred to here we could translate, “Behold, there was a cedar on Lebanon.”

Shroud This refers to the thick foliage. The word is usually rendered forest.

Thick boughs Rather, as R.V., margin, “clouds;” also in Ezekiel 31:10; Ezekiel 31:14.