1 And it came to be in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, that the word of יהוה came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim and to his crowd, ‘To whom are you to be compared in your greatness?
3 ‘See, Ashshur was a cedar in Leḇanon, fair branches and forest shade, and of high stature. And its top was among the thick foliage.
4 ‘The waters made him great, the deep gave it height with its rivers running around its planting, and sent their channels to all the trees of the field.