1 On June 21, during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the lord:
2 “Son of man, give this message to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and all his hordes:“To whom would you compare your greatness?
3 You are like mighty Assyria,which was once like a cedar of Lebanon,with beautiful branches that cast deep forest shadeand with its top high among the clouds.
4 Deep springs watered itand helped it to grow tall and luxuriant.The water flowed around it like a river,streaming to all the trees nearby.
5 This great tree towered high,higher than all the other trees around it.It prospered and grew long thick branchesbecause of all the water at its roots.