1. In the eleventh year, in the third month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:
2. ‘Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes:‘ “Who can be compared with you in majesty?
3. Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon,with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest;it towered on high,its top above the thick foliage.
4. The waters nourished it,deep springs made it grow tall;their streams flowedall around its baseand sent their channelsto all the trees of the field.
5. So it towered higherthan all the trees of the field;its boughs increasedand its branches grew long,spreading because of abundant waters.
6. All the birds of the skynested in its boughs,all the wild animalsgave birth under its branches;all the great nationslived in its shade.
7. It was majestic in beauty,with its spreading boughs,for its roots went downto abundant waters.