1. On the first day of the third month in the eleventh year of exile, the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
2. “Son of man, say this to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his people: “‘You are so great! Who can I compare you to?
3. Assyria was a cedar tree in Lebanon with beautiful branches, with forest shade, and very tall. Its top was among the clouds!
4. The water made the tree grow. The deep river made the tree tall. Rivers flowed around the place where the tree was planted. Only small streams flowed from that tree to all the other trees of the field.