Ezekiel 17:8 repeats the motif of planting by abundant waters to bear fruit — contrasting the cedar's growth for pride with the vine's fruitful purpose.

Ezekiel 17:5 also uses abundant waters to nourish a plant — a vine planted by water, similar to the cedar's nourishment here.

In Jeremiah 51:36, God dries up Babylon's waters—contrasting the nourishing waters that made the cedar grow here. A reversal from blessing to judgment.

Revelation 17:15 explains waters as peoples—matching the rivers that nourished the cedar, symbolizing nations supporting the tree's power.

Numbers 24:6 describes Israel like cedars beside waters—same lush imagery of a well-watered tree, but applied to God's people rather than a proud nation.

Isaiah 1:30 describes a garden without water—the opposite of this watered tree. Contrast between blessing and curse.

Jeremiah 17:8 depicts the righteous as a tree by water, always fruitful—parallel metaphor but here the tree is a proud nation that will be cut down.