1. In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2. Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom are you like in your greatness?
3. Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon,with fair branches and shade for a forest,and high stature;and its top was among the clouds.
4. The waters made it great;the deep set it up on high.With its rivers it continually ranall around its plants,and sent out its little riversto all the trees of the field.