¹ And it was, in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first^◦ day of the month, that the word of Jehovah was unto^▵ me, saying,

² Son of man, say unto^▵ Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to^▵ his multitude^◦; to^▵ whom art thou likened in thy greatness?

³ Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful boughs, and shadowing woods, and of a tall stature; and his top·​·branch was between the intertwined·​·branches.

⁴ The waters made· him ·great, the abyss lifted· him ·up^◦ with^◦ her rivers going^◦ all around his plants, and sent·​·out her waterways to^▵ all the trees of the field.

⁵ Therefore his stature was·​·loftier than all the trees of the field, and his limbs were multiplied, and his branches became·​·long from many waters, when he sent· them ·out.

⁶ All the fowls of the heavens nested in his limbs, and under his branches did all the animals of the field give·​·birth, and in his shadow dwelt all the many nations.

⁷ And he was·​·beautiful in his greatness, in the length of his offshoots; for his root was by many waters.

⁸ The cedars did not obscure him in the garden of God; the firs were not likened to^▵ his limbs, and the plane·​·trees were not as his branches; not any tree in the garden of God was·​·likened to^▵ him in his beauty.

⁹ I have made him beautiful with the multitude of his offshoots; and all the trees of Eden that were in the garden of God were·​·envious of him.

¹⁰ Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovih^*, Because thou hast made· thyself ·tall in stature, and he has put^◦ his top·​·branch in^▵ between the intertwined·​·branches, and his heart is exalted in his loftiness;

¹¹ And I have given him into the hand of the powerful^▵ one of the nations; dealing he shall deal with him; I have driven· him ·out according·​·to^▵ his wickedness.

¹² And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut· him ·off, and have abandoned him; to^▵ the mountains and in all the ravines his offshoots are fallen, and his branches are broken in all the channels of the land; and all the people of the land are gone·​·down from his shadow, and have abandoned him.

¹³ Upon his fall shall all the fowls of the heavens abide^◦, and all the animals of the field shall be in^▵ his branches:

¹⁴ in·​·order·​·that not any of the trees of the waters be·​·lofty in their stature, neither put^◦ their top·​·branch in^▵ between the intertwined·​·branches, neither their powerful ones stand in their loftiness, all that drink water; for they are all given to death, to^▵ the lower^◦ earth, in the midst of the sons of man, to^▵ those who go·​·down to the pit.

¹⁵ Thus says the Lord Jehovih; In the day of his going·​·down toward hell I caused a mourning; I covered the abyss over him, and I withheld its rivers, and the many waters were held·​·back: and I caused Lebanon to blacken over him, and all the trees of the field over him were fatigued.

¹⁶ I made the nations to quake at the voice of his fall, when I made him go·​·down to^▫ hell with^◦ those who go·​·down to the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the lower^◦ earth.

¹⁷ They^◦ also went·​·down unto^▫ hell with^◦ him unto^▵ them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt in his shadow in the midst of the nations.

¹⁸ to^▵ whom in·​·this·​·manner art thou likened in glory and in greatness among^◦ the trees of Eden? But thou shalt be brought·​·down with^◦ the trees of Eden to^▵ the lower^◦ earth; thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with^◦ them that be slain by the sword. This^◦ is Pharaoh and all his crowd, says^◦ the Lord Jehovih.