1. In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
2. “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his hordes:“‘Who are you like in your greatness?
3. Consider Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon,with beautiful branches, like a forest giving shade,and extremely tall;its top reached into the clouds.
4. The water made it grow;underground springs made it grow tall.Rivers flowed all around the place it was planted,while smaller channels watered all the trees of the field.