Then he took some of the land’s seed
and put it in a fertile field;
he set it like a willow,
a plant by abundant waters.

It had been planted
in a good field by abundant waters
in order to produce branches,
bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.

When your merchandise was unloaded from the seas,
you satisfied many peoples.
You enriched the kings of the earth
with your abundant wealth and goods.

It was beautiful in its greatness,
in the length of its limbs,
for its roots extended to abundant water.

“This is what the Lord God says: I caused grieving on the day the cedar went down to Sheol. I closed off the underground deep because of it: I held back the rivers of the deep, and its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn on account of it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.