And it came to pass in the eleventh{H259} year,{H8141} in the third{H7992} [month], in the first{H259} [day] of the month,{H2320} that the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came unto me, saying,{H559}

Son{H1121} of man,{H120} say{H559} unto Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt,{H4714} and to his multitude:{H1995} Whom art thou like{H1819} in thy greatness?{H1433}

Behold, the Assyrian{H804} was a cedar{H730} in Lebanon{H3844} with fair{H3303} branches,{H6057} and with a forest-like{H6751} shade,{H2793} and of high{H1362} stature;{H6967} and its top{H6788} was among the thick boughs.{H5688}

The waters{H4325} nourished{H1431} it, the deep{H8415} made it to grow:{H7311} the rivers{H5104} thereof ran{H1980} round about{H5439} its plantation;{H4302} and it sent out{H7971} its channels{H8585} unto all the trees{H6086} of the field.{H7704}

Therefore its stature{H6967} was exalted{H1361} above all the trees{H6086} of the field;{H7704} and its boughs{H5634} were multiplied,{H7235} and its branches{H6288} became long{H748} by reason of many{H7227} waters,{H4325} when it shot [them] forth.{H7971}

All the birds{H5775} of the heavens{H8064} made their nests{H7077} in its boughs;{H5589} and under its branches{H6288} did all the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704} bring forth their young;{H3205} and under its shadow{H6738} dwelt{H3427} all great{H7227} nations.{H1471}

Thus was it fair{H3302} in its greatness,{H1433} in the length{H753} of its branches;{H1808} for its root{H8328} was by many{H7227} waters.{H4325}

The cedars{H730} in the garden{H1588} of God{H430} could not hide{H6004} it; the fir-trees{H1265} were not like{H1819} its boughs,{H5589} and the plane-trees{H6196} were not as its branches;{H6288} nor was any tree{H6086} in the garden{H1588} of God{H430} like{H1819} unto it in its beauty.{H3308}

I made{H6213} it fair{H3303} by the multitude{H7230} of its branches,{H1808} so that all the trees{H6086} of Eden,{H5731} that were in the garden{H1588} of God,{H430} envied{H7065} it.

Therefore thus said{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Because thou art exalted{H1361} in stature,{H6967} and he hath set{H5414} his top{H6788} among the thick boughs,{H5688} and his heart{H3824} is lifted up{H7311} in his height;{H1363}

I will even deliver{H5414} him into the hand{H3027} of the mighty one{H410} of the nations;{H1471} he shall surely{H6213} deal{H6213} with him; I have driven him out{H1644} for his wickedness.{H7562}

And strangers,{H2114} the terrible{H6184} of the nations,{H1471} have cut him off,{H3772} and have left{H5203} him: upon the mountains{H2022} and in all the valleys{H1516} his branches{H1808} are fallen,{H5307} and his boughs{H6288} are broken{H7665} by all the watercourses{H650} of the land;{H776} and all the peoples{H5971} of the earth{H776} are gone down{H3381} from his shadow,{H6738} and have left{H5203} him.

Upon his ruin{H4658} all the birds{H5775} of the heavens{H8064} shall dwell,{H7931} and all the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704} shall be upon his branches;{H6288}

to the end that none of all the trees{H6086} by the waters{H4325} exalt{H1361} themselves in their stature,{H6967} neither set{H5414} their top{H6788} among the thick boughs,{H5688} nor that their mighty ones{H352} stand up{H5975} on their height,{H1363} even all that drink{H8354} water:{H4325} for they are all delivered{H5414} unto death,{H4194} to the nether parts{H8482} of the earth,{H776} in the midst{H8432} of the children{H1121} of men,{H120} with them that go down{H3381} to the pit.{H953}

Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} In the day{H3117} when he went down{H3381} to Sheol{H7585} I caused a mourning:{H56} I covered{H3680} the deep{H8415} for him, and I restrained{H4513} the rivers{H5104} thereof; and the great{H7227} waters{H4325} were stayed;{H3607} and I caused Lebanon{H3844} to mourn{H6937} for him, and all the trees{H6086} of the field{H7704} fainted{H5969} for him.

I made the nations{H1471} to shake{H7493} at the sound{H6963} of his fall,{H4658} when I cast him down{H3381} to Sheol{H7585} with them that descend{H3381} into the pit;{H953} and all the trees{H6086} of Eden,{H5731} the choice{H4005} and best{H2896} of Lebanon,{H3844} all that drink{H8354} water,{H4325} were comforted{H5162} in the nether parts{H8482} of the earth.{H776}

They also went down{H3381} into Sheol{H7585} with him unto them that are slain{H2491} by the sword;{H2719} yea, they that were his arm,{H2220} [that] dwelt{H3427} under his shadow{H6738} in the midst{H8432} of the nations.{H1471}

To whom art thou thus like{H1819} in glory{H3519} and in greatness{H1433} among the trees{H6086} of Eden?{H5731} yet shalt thou be brought down{H3381} with the trees{H6086} of Eden{H5731} unto the nether parts{H8482} of the earth:{H776} thou shalt lie{H7901} in the midst{H8432} of the uncircumcised,{H6189} with them that are slain{H2491} by the sword.{H2719} This is Pharaoh{H6547} and all his multitude,{H1995} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}