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 to his hordes:Who are you like in your greatness?
3 Think of Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches and shady foliageand of lofty height.Its top was among the clouds.
4 The waters caused it to grow;the underground springs made it tall,directing their rivers all aroundthe place where the tree was plantedand sending their channelsto all the trees of the field.
5 Therefore the cedar became greater in heightthan all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied,and its boughs grew longas it spread them outbecause of the plentiful water.
6 All the birds of the skynested in its branches, and all the animals of the fieldgave birth beneath its boughs;all the great nations lived in its shade.
7 It was beautiful in its greatness,in the length of its limbs,for its roots extended to abundant water.