Dual Panel1In the eleventh<259><6240> year<8141>, in the third<7992> month, on the first<259> of the month<2320>, the word<1697> of the LORD<3068> came<1961> to me saying<559>,
2"Son<1121> of man<120>, say<559> to Pharaoh<6547> king<4428> of Egypt<4714> and to his hordes<1995>, 'Whom<413><4310> are you like<1819> in your greatness<1433>?
3'Behold<2009>, Assyria<804> was a cedar<730> in Lebanon<3844> With beautiful<3303> branches<6057> and forest<2793> shade<6751>, And very<6967> high<6967>, And its top<6788> was among<996> the clouds<5645>.
4'The waters<4325> made it grow<1431>, the deep<8415> made<7311> it high<7311>. With its rivers<5104> it continually extended<1980> all<5439> around<5439> its planting<4302> place<4302>, And sent<7971> out its channels<8585> to all<3605> the trees<6086> of the field<7704>.
5'Therefore<5921><3651> its height<6967> was loftier<1361> than<4480> all<3605> the trees<6086> of the field<7704> And its boughs<5634> became<7235> many<7235> and its branches<6288> long<748> Because<4480> of many<7227> waters<4325> as it spread<7971> them out.
6'All<3605> the birds<5775> of the heavens<8064> nested<7077> in its boughs<5589>, And under<8478> its branches<6288> all<3605> the beasts<2421> of the field<7704> gave<3205> birth<3205>, And all<3605> great<7227> nations<1471> lived<3427> under its shade<6738>.
7'So it was beautiful<3302> in its greatness<1433>, in the length<753> of its branches<1808>; For its roots<8328> extended<1961> to many<7227> waters<4325>.
8'The cedars<730> in God's<430> garden<1588> could not match<6004> it; The cypresses<1265> could not compare<1819> with its boughs<5589>, And the plane<6196> trees<6196> could not match its branches<6288>. No<3605><3808> tree<6086> in God's<430> garden<1588> could compare<1819> with it in its beauty<3308>.
9'I made<6213> it beautiful<3303> with the multitude<7230> of its branches<1808>, And all<3605> the trees<6086> of Eden<5731>, which<834> were in the garden<1588> of God<430>, were jealous<7065> of it.
10'Therefore<3651> thus<3541> says<559> the Lord<136> GOD<3068>, "Because<3282><834> it is high<1361> in stature<6967> and has set<5414> its top<6788> among<996> the clouds<5645>, and its heart<3824> is haughty<7311> in its loftiness<1363>,
11therefore I will give<5414> it into the hand<3027> of a despot<352> of the nations<1471>; he will thoroughly<6213> deal<6213> with it. According to its wickedness<7562> I have driven<1644> it away<1644>.
12"Alien<2114> tyrants<6184> of the nations<1471> have cut<3772> it down<3772> and left<5203> it; on the mountains<2022> and in all<3605> the valleys<1516> its branches<1808> have fallen<5307> and its boughs<6288> have been broken<7665> in all<3605> the ravines<650> of the land<776>. And all<3605> the peoples<5971> of the earth<776> have gone<3381> down<3381> from its shade<6738> and left<5203> it.
13"On its ruin<4658> all<3605> the birds<5775> of the heavens<8064> will dwell<7931>, and all<3605> the beasts<2421> of the field<7704> will be on its fallen branches<6288>
14so<4616> that all<3605> the trees<6086> by the waters<4325> may not be exalted<1361> in their stature<6967>, nor<3808> set<5414> their top<6788> among<996> the clouds<5645>, nor<3808> their well-watered<8354> mighty<352> ones stand<5975> erect in their height<6967>. For they have all<3605> been given<5414> over to death<4194>, to the earth<776> beneath<8482>, among<8432> the sons<1121> of men<120>, with those who go<3381> down<3381> to the pit<953>."
15'Thus<3541> says<559> the Lord<136> GOD<3068>, "On the day<3117> when it went<3381> down<3381> to Sheol<7585> I caused<56> lamentations<56>; I closed<3680> the deep<8415> over<5921> it and held<4513> back<4513> its rivers<5104>. And its many<7227> waters<4325> were stopped<3607> up, and I made Lebanon<3844> mourn<6937> for it, and all<3605> the trees<6086> of the field<7704> wilted<5968> away<5968> on account<5921> of it.
16"I made the nations<1471> quake<7493> at the sound<6963> of its fall<4658> when I made it go<3381> down<3381> to Sheol<7585> with those who go<3381> down<3381> to the pit<953>; and all<3605> the well-watered<8354> trees<6086> of Eden<5731>, the choicest<4005> and best<2896> of Lebanon<3844>, were comforted<5162> in the earth<776> beneath<8482>.
17"They also<1571> went<3381> down<3381> with it to Sheol<7585> to those who were slain<2491> by the sword<2719>; and those who were its strength<2220> lived<3427> under its shade<6738> among<8432> the nations<1471>.
18"To which<4310> among the trees<6086> of Eden<5731> are you thus<3602> equal<1819> in glory<3519> and greatness<1433>? Yet you will be brought<3381> down<3381> with the trees<6086> of Eden<5731> to the earth<776> beneath<8482>; you will lie<7901> in the midst<8432> of the uncircumcised<6189>, with those who were slain<2491> by the sword<2719>. So is Pharaoh<6547> and all<3605> his hordes<1995>!"' declares<5002> the Lord<136> GOD<3068>."