Ezekiel 31:18

"To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shall thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt be in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah."

THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IN EZEK. 31:2

"To whom art thou thus like ..." (Ezekiel 31:18)? "This is the answer to the question that opened the allegory."[17] Jamieson also agreed with this. "Pharaoh's end shall be the same humiliating one, just as I have depicted Assyria's end to have been. Thus the prophet, as it were, points to Pharaoh."[18] The message is clear enough. The same humiliating end that came to Assyria is also stored up for Pharaoh.

There is a tremendous warning here against all human pride, arrogance, and heedless ambition that mortals partake of in their efforts to exalt themselves and to ignore the claims of holiness and righteousness which God imposes upon all who are born into this world, apparently oblivious to the fact that, "We shall all appear before the judgment seat of Christ."