1. And it happened that, in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2. "Son of man, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom can you be compared in your greatness?
3. Behold, Assur is like the cedar of Lebanon, with fair branches, and full of leaves, and of high stature, and his summit has been elevated above the thick branches.
4. The waters have nourished him. The abyss has exalted him. Its rivers have flowed around his roots, and it has sent forth its streams to all the trees of the regions.
5. Because of this, his height was exalted above all the trees of the regions, and his groves were multiplied, and his own branches were elevated, because of the many waters.