Ezekiel 31:5

Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, he excelled in luxuriousness of growth, and his boughs were multiplied, so that sturdy branches were sent out in all directions, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters when he shot forth, on account of the abundant moisture which enabled him to send forth new branches in every direction. Assyria, enjoying an almost incomparable prosperity, was able to found colonies as well as to bring smaller kingdoms into subjection, and all these tributary states contributed to the empire's further greatness.