1 In the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, the Lord’s word came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his multitude:‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanonwith beautiful branches,and with a forest-like shade,of high stature;and its top was among the thick boughs.
4 The waters nourished it.The deep made it to grow.Its rivers ran all around its plantation;and it sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.