1 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the Lord’s word came to me:
2 Human one, say to Pharaoh, Egypt’s king, and his troops:With whom do you compare in your greatness?
3 Consider Assyria, a cedar of Lebanon:beautiful branches, dense shade, towering height;indeed, its top went up between the clouds.
4 Waters nourished it; the deep raised it up,because its streams flowed around the place where it was planted.From there, water trickled down to all the other trees of the field.
5 And so it became higher than all the trees of the field.Its branches became abundant; its boughs grew long.Because of the plentiful water, it grew freely.
6 All the birds in the sky made nests in its branches;all the beasts of the field gave birth under its boughs,and in its shade, every great nation lived.
7 It became beautiful in its greatness and in its lush foliage,because it took root in plentiful water.